Plain-bellied Emerald - BirdForum Opus

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Photo © by HelenB
Ile Royale, Salvation Islands, French Guiana, March 2008

Chrysuronia leucogaster

Amazilia leucogaster
Agyrtria leucogaster

Distribution

Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Photo © by juninho
Le Meridien Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana, March 2005

Taxonomy

This is a polytypic species^[1] consisting of 2 subspecies.

Plain-bellied Emerald is sometimes placed in genus Agyrtria.

Subspecies

• C. l. leucogaster:

• Eastern Venezuela to the Guianas and northern Brazil

• C. l. bahiae

• Eastern Brazil (Pernambuco to Bahia)

Habitat

Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

References

1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Plain-bellied Emerald. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 5 February 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Plain-bellied_Emerald

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