Cuban Emerald
Riccordia ricordii(Gervais, FLP, 1835)
English (US) Cuban Emerald
The Cuban Emerald (Riccordia ricordii) 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: Cuba including Isla de la Juventud, Grand Bahama, Great Abaco, and AndrosRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Riccordia ricordii
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Cuban Emerald
- Described by
- (Gervais, FLP, 1835)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ornismya Ricordii
- Described by
- (Gervais, FLP, 1835)
- Type locality
- Santiago, Cuba.
- Original description
- Magasin de Zoologie 5 cl.2 pl.41,42
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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