White-tailed Emerald (Elvira chionura)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Gould, 1851)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist montane forest. From 750 - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, Panama.

Pacific slope from southern Costa Rica to central Panama; reaches Caribbean slope locally in Panama.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged into Eupherusa.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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