Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
7.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Fraser, 1840)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical dry forest. From sea-level - 2,300 m.

Range (Guide)

Colombia, Venezuela.

Upper Magdalena Valley (central Colombia).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (21)...)

Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni) [XC51199]
by Oswaldo Cortes from Los Besotes Reserve, Sta. Marta foothills near Valledupar, Colombia (song)

Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni) [XC574194]
by id from Ukuku Rural Lodge, Juntas, Ibague, Tolima, Colombia @ (4.5585,-75.3275), Colombia (call)

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

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

gibsoni (Fraser, 1840) - Colombia, north-western Venezuela. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus).
chrysogaster (Bourcier, 1843) - Northern Colombia from Cartagena to Santa Marta. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus).
nitens Lawrence, 1861 - North-eastern Colombia and north-western Venezuela (western and north of Andes of M�rida). Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus).

References
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Files:

JPG files for Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni) - 10 files

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