Short-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani)

Other Scientific Names
Chlorostilbon poortmanni [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Other Names (World)
Short-tailed Emerald, Berlepsch's Emerald (inexpectatus)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
Male: 7.50 - 8.50 cm
Female: 6.50 - 7.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier, 1843)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland and montane moist forest. From 100 - 2,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Peru (B), Venezuela.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (6)...)

Short-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani) [XC94537]
by Oswaldo Cortes from Soata (Reserva de Aves para Amazilia castaneiventris y Macroagelaius), Colombia (call)

Short-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani) [XC45337]
by Bernabe Lopez-Lanus from Finca Rogitama, Vereda Pe\u00f1as Blancas, Mpio Arcabuco, Boyaca, Colombia (call)

Subspecies
Possibly forms a superspecies with Narrow-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon stenurus) and Green-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon alice). Subspecies euchloris has sometimes been considered a separate species, due mainly to suggestion of possible overlap in range, but poorly known. Forms "inexpectatus" and "auratus", known by single specimens from "Bogota" and "Peru" respectively, are apparently aberrant individuals of present species. "Ptochoptera iolaima", known from a specimen taken at Ypanema, S�o Paulo (Brazil), is probably a hybrid with Green-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon alice).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

euchloris (Reichenbach, 1854) - Central Colombia (western slope of eastern Andes south to Huila, and eastern slope in Santander).
poortmani (Bourcier, 1843) - Eastern Colombia (eastern slope of eastern Andes, from Boyacá south to western Meta) and north-western Venezuela (M�rida and Táchira).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Short-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani) - 10 files

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