Green-tailed emerald

Green-tailed emerald
Chlorostilbon alice micans painted by John Gerrard Keulemans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Aves
Order:Apodiformes
Family:Trochilidae
Genus:Chlorostilbon
Species: C. alice
Binomial name
Chlorostilbon alice
Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848

The green-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon alice) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found only in Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest.

Distribution

References

  1. BirdLife International (2012). "Chlorostilbon alice". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.



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