Canivet's Emerald

Cynanthus canivetii (Lesson, RP, 1832)

Spanish: Esmeralda Oriental

The Canivet's Emerald (Cynanthus canivetii) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 2.6 g and its bill is 15.4 mm long. It lives in Costa Rica, Mexico, Honduras, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua and El Salvador. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

2.6 g, about 3 paperclips

Bill

15.4 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, stable

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Trochilini emeralds
4. Genus Cynanthus emeralds

Where it lives · 7 countries

• Costa Rica
• Mexico
• Honduras
• Belize
• Guatemala
• Nicaragua
• El Salvador

Others in the genus Cynanthus

• Cozumel Emerald Cynanthus forficatus
• Golden-crowned Emerald Cynanthus auriceps
• Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird Cynanthus doubledayi
• Tres Marias Hummingbird Cynanthus lawrencei
• Broad-billed Hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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