Versicolored Emerald

Chrysuronia versicolor (Vieillot, 1818)

Spanish: Amazilia Versicolor

The Versicolored Emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 4.1 g and its bill is 19.1 mm long. It lives in Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Paraguay, Venezuela and Bolivia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.1 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

19.1 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 Chrysuronia emeralds, sapphires

Where it lives · 7 countries

• Brazil
• Colombia
• Argentina
• Paraguay
• Venezuela
• Bolivia
• Guyana rare visitor

Others in the genus Chrysuronia

• Shining-green Hummingbird Chrysuronia goudoti
• Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone
• Mangrove Hummingbird Chrysuronia boucardi
• Sapphire-throated Hummingbird Chrysuronia coeruleogularis
• Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird Chrysuronia lilliae
• Humboldt's Sapphire Chrysuronia humboldtii
• Blue-headed Sapphire Chrysuronia grayi
• White-chested Emerald Chrysuronia brevirostris
• Plain-bellied Emerald Chrysuronia leucogaster

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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