Glittering-bellied Emerald

Chlorostilbon lucidus (Shaw, 1812)

Spanish: Esmeralda Ventridorada

The Glittering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 3.5 g and its bill is 17.4 mm long. It lives in Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and Bolivia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern.

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At a glance

Weight

3.5 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

17.4 mm

Lives in

Shrubland

Moves

Some populations migrate

Red List status

Least concern

Its place in the family

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

Where it lives · 6 countries

• Argentina
• Brazil
• Uruguay
• Paraguay
• Bolivia
• Chile rare visitor

Others in the genus Chlorostilbon

• Red-billed Emerald Chlorostilbon gibsoni
• Short-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon poortmani
• Chiribiquete Emerald Chlorostilbon olivaresi
• Narrow-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon stenurus
• Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
• Green-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon alice
• Coppery Emerald Chlorostilbon russatus
• Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis
• Western Emerald Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus

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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