Hispaniolan emerald

Hispaniolan emerald
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Riccordia
Species:	R. swainsonii
Binomial name
	Riccordia swainsonii; Lesson, 1829
Synonyms
	Sporadinus elegans; Chlorostilbon swainsonii;

The Hispaniolan emerald (Riccordia swainsonii) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.

Distribution and habitat[]

It is endemic to Hispaniola (the Dominican Republic and Haiti) in the Caribbean. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

Taxonomy[]

It is closely related to the Puerto Rican emerald (Riccordia maugaeus).

This species was formerly placed in the genus Chlorostilbon. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that the genus Chlorostilbon was polyphyletic.^[2] In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the Hispaniolan emerald was moved to the resurrected genus Riccordia.^[3]^[4]

References[]

^ BirdLife International (2012). "Chlorostilbon swainsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url
^ McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.
^ Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): Reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny". Zootaxa. 4353 (3): 401–424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3. PMID 29245495.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

External links[]

Hispaniolan emerald videos, images and sounds on the Internet Bird Collection

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[1] BirdLife International (2012). "Chlorostilbon swainsonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.old-form url

[2] McGuire, J.; Witt, C.; Remsen, J.V.; Corl, A.; Rabosky, D.; Altshuler, D.; Dudley, R. (2014). "Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds". Current Biology. 24 (8): 910–916. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2014.03.016. PMID 24704078.

[3] Stiles, F.G.; Remsen, J.V. Jr.; Mcguire, J.A. (2017). "The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): Reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny". Zootaxa. 4353 (3): 401–424. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4353.3. PMID 29245495.

[ioc-4] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

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Hispaniolan emerald

Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Riccordia
Species:	R. swainsonii
Binomial name
*Riccordia swainsonii* Lesson, 1829

Synonyms
Sporadinus elegans Chlorostilbon swainsonii