Hispaniolan Emerald

Riccordia swainsonii (Lesson, RP, 1829)

Spanish: Esmeralda de la Española

The Hispaniolan Emerald (Riccordia swainsonii) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.3 g and its bill is 20.1 mm long. It lives in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.3 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

20.1 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

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

Where it lives · 2 countries

• Dominican Republic
• Haiti

Others in the genus Riccordia

• Brace's Emerald Riccordia bracei
• Puerto Rican Emerald Riccordia maugaeus
• Cuban Emerald Riccordia ricordii
• Blue-headed Hummingbird Riccordia bicolor

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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