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 EX    Caribbean Emerald* Id (Atlas):
    Chlorostilbon elegans

Description (7)
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Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

First Described (Guide)
Dickinson, 2003

Habitat
Unknown.

Range (Guide)
Unknown to Bahamas (E) (B), Jamaica (E) (B).

Status EX
Described from a single specimen (in Tring) by Gould in 1860, it is presumably extinct. Destruction of food sources, deforestation of its habitat and predation by introduced mammals may be responsible.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Subspecies
Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of Brace's Emerald (Chlorostilbon bracei).

No subspecies.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Caribbean Emerald (Chlorostilbon elegans) - 7 files


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