Chlorostilbon

Chlorostilbon
	Blue-tailed emerald
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Trochilini
Genus:	Chlorostilbon; Gould, 1853
Species
	See text

Chlorostilbon is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae, known as emeralds (as are some hummingbirds in the genera Amazilia and Elvira). A single species, the blue-chinned sapphire is variously placed in the monotypic genus Chlorestes or in Chlorostilbon. The taxonomy of the C. mellisugus superspecies is highly complex and, depending on view, includes 1-8 species. All species in this genus have straight black or black-and-red bills. The males are overall iridescent green, golden-green or bluish-green, and in some species the tail and/or throat is blue.^[1] The females have whitish-grey underparts, tail-corners and post-ocular streak.

The genus Chlorostilbon was introduced in 1853 by the English ornithologist John Gould.^[2]^[3]

Species[]

The genus contains ten species:^[2]

Blue-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus)
Garden emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis)
Red-billed emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni)
Western emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus)
Chiribiquete emerald (Chlorostilbon olivaresi)
Glittering-bellied emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus; formerly C. aureoventris)
Coppery emerald (Chlorostilbon russatus)
Narrow-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon stenurus)
Green-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon alice)
Short-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani)

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References[]

^ Stiles, F. Gary (1996). "A New Species of Emerald Hummingbird (Trochilidae, Chlorostilbon) from the Sierra de Chiribiquete, Southeastern Colombia, with a Review of the C. mellisugus Complex". The Wilson Bulletin. 108 (1): 1–27. ISSN 0043-5643.
^ ^a ^b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
^ Gould, John (1853). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. Volume 5. London: self. Plate 355 and text (Part 5 Plate 14). |volume= has extra text (help) The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.

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[1] Stiles, F. Gary (1996). "A New Species of Emerald Hummingbird (Trochilidae, Chlorostilbon) from the Sierra de Chiribiquete, Southeastern Colombia, with a Review of the C. mellisugus Complex". The Wilson Bulletin. 108 (1): 1–27. ISSN 0043-5643.

[ioc-2] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 January 2020.

[3] Gould, John (1853). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. Volume 5. London: self. Plate 355 and text (Part 5 Plate 14). |volume= has extra text (help) The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.

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