Hispaniolan Emerald
Riccordia swainsonii(Lesson, RP, 1829)
English (US) Hispaniolan Emerald
The Hispaniolan Emerald (Riccordia swainsonii) 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: primarily montane forest of HispaniolaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Riccordia swainsonii
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Hispaniolan Emerald
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1829)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ornismya Swainsonii
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1829)
- Type locality
- Brazil, error = Hispaniola.
- Original description
- Histoire naturelle des oiseaux-mouches p.197 pl.70, tab.xvii
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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