Glittering-bellied Emerald - BirdForum Opus

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Photo by arthurgrosset
Photographed: Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, Brazil
Male on the left; female on the right

Chlorostilbon aureoventris

Chlorostilbon lucidus

Identification

Male: Head mostly green with blue limited, not surrounding eye; bill red with black tip. Upperparts green, contrasting with dark blue, forked tail.
Female differs from the male in having a white streak behind the eye, whitish throat and breast, pale grey tips to the tail and a longer area of black on the bill.

Distribution

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Taxonomy

Four subspecies are recognized, aureoventris, igneus, pucherani, and berlepschi. This species is sometimes listed as Chlorostilbon lucidus in which case the nominate subspecies also changes to lucidus.

References

1. Clements, James F. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2007. Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019

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Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Glittering-bellied Emerald. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 6 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Glittering-bellied_Emerald

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