Red-billed Emerald
Chlorostilbon gibsoni(Fraser, L, 1840)
English (US) Red-billed Emerald
The Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
- Scientific name
- Chlorostilbon gibsoni
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-billed Emerald
- Described by
- (Fraser, L, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 3 subspecies for this species.
- Chlorostilbon gibsoni gibsoni
- Chlorostilbon gibsoni chrysogaster
- Chlorostilbon gibsoni nitens
Taxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus Gibsoni
- Described by
- (Fraser, L, 1840)
- Type locality
- No locality; Chicoral, upper Magdalena Valley, Colombia, designated by Chapman, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 36, 1917, p. 290.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.8, no.86 p.17
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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