- Amazilia fimbriata
Includes Tachira Emerald
Identification
8–12 cm (3¼-4¾ in)
It has a "glittering" green throat and a white stripe down the centre of the belly.
The bill is almost straight - black above and pink below.
Distribution
Northern half of South America: found in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.
Taxonomy
This species is sometimes placed in genus Polyerata.
Subspecies
Male, Subspecies nigricauda
Photo © by Francisco Paludo
Casa da Rosane Taborda, Morretes, PR, Brazil, June 2017
Photo © by Francisco Paludo
Casa da Rosane Taborda, Morretes, PR, Brazil, June 2017
There are 8 subspecies[1]:
- A. f. elegantissima:
- A. f. distans:
- Andes of western Venezuela (Táchira). Probable hybrid
- A. f. fimbriata:
- A. f. apicalis:
- Colombia east of the Andes
- A. f. fluviatilis:
- South-eastern Colombia and eastern Ecuador
- A. f. laeta:
- North-eastern Peru
- A. f. nigricauda:
- Eastern Bolivia and central Brazil south of the Amazon
- A. f. tephrocephala:
- Coastal south-eastern Brazil (Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul)
The subspecies distans is sometimes considered a full species "Tachira Emerald", Amazilia distans.
Habitat
Gallery forest, second growth, xerophytic areas, open deciduous woodland, savannas, thorny scrub, gardens, llanos.
Behaviour
Diet
Their diet includes nectar.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2016. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2016, with updates to August 2016. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Avibase
- Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved April 2014)
- BF Member observations
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2021) Glittering-throated Emerald. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2021 from https://www.birdforum.net/wiki/Glittering-throated_Emerald
