Chlorostilbon

Chlorostilbon
	Blue-tailed emerald
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Clade:	Dinosauria
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Tribe:	Trochilini
Genus:	Chlorostilbon; Gould, 1853
Type species
	Chlorostilbon prasinus[1] = Trochilus pucherani; Gould, 1853
Species
	See text

Chlorostilbon is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae, known as emeralds (as are some hummingbirds in the genera Amazilia and Elvira). A single species, the blue-chinned sapphire is variously placed in the monotypic genus Chlorestes or in Chlorostilbon. The taxonomy of the C. mellisugus superspecies is highly complex and, depending on view, includes 1-8 species. All species in this genus have straight black or black-and-red bills. The males are overall iridescent green, golden-green or bluish-green, and in some species the tail and/or throat is blue.[2] The females have whitish-grey underparts, tail-corners and post-ocular streak.

The genus Chlorostilbon was introduced in 1853 by the English ornithologist John Gould to accommodate a single species to which Gould gave the binomial name Chlorostilbon prasinus.[3] This taxon is now considered as a subspecies of the glittering-bellied emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus pucherani.[4][5][6]

Species

The genus contains ten species:[6]

Garden emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis)
Western emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus)
Red-billed emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni)
Blue-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus)
Chiribiquete emerald (Chlorostilbon olivaresi)
Glittering-bellied emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus; formerly C. aureoventris)
Coppery emerald (Chlorostilbon russatus)
Narrow-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon stenurus)
Green-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon alice)
Short-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani)

Gallery

References

"Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
Stiles, F. Gary (1996). "A New Species of Emerald Hummingbird (Trochilidae, Chlorostilbon) from the Sierra de Chiribiquete, Southeastern Colombia, with a Review of the C. mellisugus Complex". The Wilson Bulletin. 108 (1): 1–27. ISSN 0043-5643. JSTOR 4163634.
Gould, John (1853). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. Vol. 5. London: self. Plate 355 and text (Part 5 Plate 14). The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.
Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 36.
Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V., Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)
Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 February 2023.

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[HM4-1] "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.

[2] Stiles, F. Gary (1996). "A New Species of Emerald Hummingbird (Trochilidae, Chlorostilbon) from the Sierra de Chiribiquete, Southeastern Colombia, with a Review of the C. mellisugus Complex". The Wilson Bulletin. 108 (1): 1–27. ISSN 0043-5643. JSTOR 4163634.

[3] Gould, John (1853). A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. Vol. 5. London: self. Plate 355 and text (Part 5 Plate 14). The 5 volumes were issued in 25 parts between 1849 and 1861. Title pages of all volumes bear the date of 1861.

[4] Peters, James Lee, ed. (1945). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 5. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 36.

[5] Dickinson, E.C.; Remsen, J.V., Jr., eds. (2013). The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. Vol. 1: Non-passerines (4th ed.). Eastbourne, UK: Aves Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-9568611-0-8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: editors list (link)

[ioc-6] Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (January 2023). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 13.1. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 28 February 2023.