White-chested Emerald

Chrysuronia brevirostris (Lesson, RP, 1829)

Spanish: Amazilia Pechiblanca

The White-chested Emerald (Chrysuronia brevirostris) 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 19.6 mm long. It lives in Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, Suriname and French Guiana. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.3 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

19.6 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 · 6 countries

• Trinidad and Tobago
• Guyana
• Venezuela
• Brazil
• Suriname
• French Guiana

Others in the genus Chrysuronia

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

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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