Fork-tailed Emerald © flickriver.com

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

• canivetii (Lesson, 1832)   -  South-eastern Mexico to Costa Rica. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus).
• osberti Gould, 1860   -  South-eastern Mexico (extreme south-eastern Chiapas), western and central Guatemala and El Salvador to Honduras and Nicaragua. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus).
• salvini (Cabanis & Heine, 1860)   -  Costa Rica, in highlands of Pacific coast (except regions occupied by next race). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus).

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