Canivet's Emerald
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| Canivet's Emerald | |
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| A male in Ulita, Honduras | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Chlorostilbon |
| Species: | C. canivetii |
| Binomial name | |
| Chlorostilbon canivetii Lesson, 1832 |
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The Canivet's Emerald or Fork-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon canivetii) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
[edit] Taxonomy
The subspecies C. c. salvini is sometimes split as Salvin's Emerald.
[edit] References
- BirdLife International 2004. Chlorostilbon canivetii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
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