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Chlorostilbon aureoventris

(Glittering-bellied Emerald)

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Interesting Facts

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Common Names

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Common Names in English:

Glittering-bellied Emerald

Common Names in French:

Émeraude splendide

Common Names in German:

Goldbauchkolibri

Common Names in Japanese:

アオムネヒメエメラルドハチドリ

Description

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Habitat

Vegetation: arid lowland scrubs, second-growth scrub, tropical lowland evergreen forest, montaine evergreen forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands, arid lowland scrubs, riparian thickets • Maximum Elevation: 2,500 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Lower tropical: lowlands, lower than 500 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low

Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 931 meters (0 to 3,054 feet).[1]

Ecology:
List of Habitats : 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest

Taxonomy

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Synonyms

Chlorostilbon Aureo-Ventris • Chlorostilbon aureoventris (d`Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838) • Chlorostilbon aureoventris (Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838)

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

First described: Orbigny & Lafresnaye In: Mag.Zool.8(Syn.Av.Amer.Merid.), 1838.

Last scrutiny: 06-Dec-2005

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Chlorostilbon

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 30 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. alice (Green-Tailed Emerald) · C. assimilis (Garden Emerald) · C. aureo-ventris (Glittering-Bellied Emerald) · C. aureoventris (Glittering-Bellied Emerald) · C. aureoventris aureoventris (Glittering-Bellied Emerald) · C. auriceps (Golden-Crowned Sapphire) · C. bracei (Brace's Emerald) · C. canivetii (Fork-Tailed Emerald) · C. canivetii canivetii (Fork-Tailed Emerald) · C. canivettii (Fork-Tailed Emerald) · C. elegans (Gould's Emerald) · C. forficatus (Cozumel Emerald) · C. gibsoni (Red-Billed Emerald) · C. gibsoni gibsoni (Red-Billed Emerald) · C. lucidus (Glittering-Bellied Emerald) · C. maugaeus (Puerto Rican Emerald) · C. melanorhynchus (Western Emerald) · C. mellisugus (Blue-Tailed Emerald) · C. mellisugus mellisugus (Blue-Tailed Emerald) · C. notatus (Blue-Chinned Sapphire) · C. olivaresi (Chiribiquete Emerald) · C. poortmani (Short-Tailed Emerald) · C. poortmani poortmani (Short-Tailed Emerald) · C. ricordii (Cuban Emerald Hummingbird) · C. ricordii ricordii (Cuban Emerald Hummingbird) · C. russatus (Coppery Emerald) · C. stenura (Narrow-Tailed Emerald) · C. stenurus (Narrow-Tailed Emerald) · C. swainsonii (Hispaniolian Emerald) · C. vitticeps (Simon's Emerald)

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Contributors

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 29, 2008:

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Footnotes

  1. Mean = 238.870 meters (783.694 feet), Standard Deviation = 280.630 based on 45 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
Last Revised: 7/15/2012