- Chlorostilbon olivaresi
Identification
8-9 cm
Male: mostly metallic green with blue-green gorget, upper-tail blue-green, steely blue tail showing a small fork, and a small pale post-ocular spot.
Female: differs by having a pale post-ocular stripe above/behind dusky side of head, being pale grey below, having green upper-tail, and tail mostly greenish with blue subterminal band and white tail tips. Outer rectrices are greyish rather than greenish.
Similar species
Blue-tailed Emerald is a much smaller species.
Distribution
South America: found in south-eastern Colombia (Sierra de Chiribiquete).
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1] which in the past has been considered a part of Short-tailed Emerald.
Habitat
Higher elevation areas often on mesas, in more open forest and savanna, to scrubland.
Behaviour
Food includes nectar of mostly dispersed flowers as well as insects.
References
- Clements, J. F., P. C. Rasmussen, T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, A. Spencer, S. M. Billerman, B. L. Sullivan, M. Smith, and C. L. Wood. 2024. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2024. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Stiles, F.G. and P. F. D. Boesman (2020). Chiribiquete Emerald (Chlorostilbon olivaresi), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.chieme1.01
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Chiribiquete Emerald. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 15 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Chiribiquete_Emerald
