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Western Emerald (Hummingbird)
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Western Emerald (Hummingbird) (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus)

The English names of equatorial hummingbirds often contain references to jewels. This one is particularly well chosen. He is fairly common on the west slope.

Note: Ridgely and Greenfield's "The Birds of Ecuador", 2001, has this as a separate species from the Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus). Opus has it as race melanorhynchus of that species. I don't know what the current situation is, but you won't find this in Opus under Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus, and I don't have the expertise to sort it all out, so I'll stick with Ridgely and Greenfield.
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Habitat
Cloud Forest
Location
Tandayapa Bird Lodge, Ecuador
Date taken
02-Feb, 2008
Scientific name
Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
Equipment used
Canon 40D with 100-400mm IS lens @ 400mm, [email protected]/100sec., ISO 640, tripod
CrimsonTopaz
What a beautiful shot, you have captured the colours of this sparkling gem really well o:)o:)o:) i wonder where Marian is.....
 
olivewarbler
Here is a citation from the SACC-AOU website: C. mellisugus should be treated as at least three separate species within South America: melanorhynchus (of western Colombia and Ecuador), gibsoni (northern and central Colombia, NW Venezuela), and mellisugus (rest of South America); this represents a partial return to the classification of Cory (1918) and was followed by Ridgely & Greenfield (2001).

Nice shot of a hard to photo species!!
 
madamcoolpix
:'D :'D Sam! You've made me laugh! :'D Here I am, finally, just had a busy morning! ;)

Wonderful portrait, sparkling and full of character, of this "whatever-you-want-to-name-it" beauty! Excellent, Gary!!! :clap: :loveme:
 

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