Red-billed Emerald

Red-billed Emerald
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Chlorostilbon
Species:	C. gibsoni
Binomial name
Chlorostilbon gibsoni Fraser, 1840

The Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. Formerly it was considered as part of the species C. mellisugus, Blue-tailed Emerald. As considered here, it does not include C. melanorhynchus, (Western Emerald), of west Colombia and Ecuador, which is sometimes considered conspecific.

It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

• BirdLife International 2004. Chlorostilbon gibsoni. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.