Honduran Emerald

Amazilia luciae (Lawrence, 1868)

Spanish: Amazilia Hondureña

The Honduran Emerald (Amazilia luciae) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.5 g and its bill is 23.0 mm long. It is found only in Honduras. Its IUCN Red List status is Vulnerable, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.5 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

23.0 mm

Lives in

Shrubland

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Vulnerable, decreasing

Endemic

Found only in Honduras

Its place in the family

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

Where it lives · 1 country

• Honduras

Others in the genus Amazilia

• Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
• Buff-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia yucatanensis
• Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila

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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