Puerto Rican Emerald
Riccordia maugaeus(Audebert, JB; Vieillot, LJP, 1801)
English (US) Puerto Rican Emerald
The Puerto Rican Emerald (Riccordia maugaeus) 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.
Range: Puerto Rico (primarily in montane forest)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Riccordia maugaeus
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Puerto Rican Emerald
- Described by
- (Audebert, JB; Vieillot, LJP, 1801)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus Maugaeus
- Described by
- (Audebert, JB; Vieillot, LJP, 1801)
- Type locality
- Puerto Rico.
- Original description
- Oiseaux dorés, ou à reflets métalliques 1, livr.7 p.77,79 (or 93) pl.37,38
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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