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Chlorostilbon bracei

[edit] Identification

9.5 cm. Glittering bronze green back and head, white spot behind eyes, blue green throat, green abdomen, tipped grey, purple hued wings, green rectrices, grey, cinnamon edged crissum, curved, conical black bill, black feet, forked tail.

[edit] Distribution

Was endemic to the main island of the Bahamas, New Providence.

[edit] Taxonomy

It was split into 2 species:

• Chlorostilbon bracei
• Chlorostilbon elegans

[edit] Habitat

Forest.

[edit] Behaviour

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