Riccordia [bracei or elegans] (Brace's or Elegant Emerald)

Brace's or Elegant Emerald

Riccordia [bracei or elegans] (= Riccordia bracei) (Lawrence, GN 1877)

Brace's emerald is an extinct species of hummingbird which was endemic to the main island of the Bahamas, New Providence. Source: Wikipedia

Classification

Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Trochilidae
Genus:
   Riccordia
Scientific:
  Riccordia bracei

Original description

Citation:
(Lawrence, GN 1877)

Reference:
Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 1 no.1&2 p.50

Protonym:
Sporadinus Bracei

Link:
https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35448506

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
57803DC477E8A3EC

Avibase ID:
avibase-57803DC4

Short link:
https://avibase.ca/57803DC4

Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 555113

Geographic range:

Riccordia bracei: Formerly n Bahamas. Extinct; last reported 1877
Riccordia elegans: Formerly the Caribbean; extinct. Distribution unknown, possibly occurred on Jamaica or in the Bahamas. Known from a single specimen from 1860

Source: Clements checklist

English:
Brace's or Elegant Emerald
French:
Émeraude de New Providence ou É. de Gould

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 37th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 38th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 39th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 40th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 6th edition (incl. 41st suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (1998): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 42nd suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 43rd suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 44th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 45th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 46th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 47th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 48th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 49th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 50th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 51st suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 52nd suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 53rd suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 54th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 55th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 56th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Union 7th edition (incl. 57th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 58th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 59th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 60th suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Riccordia bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 61st suppl. and addendum): Brace's Emerald ( Riccordia bracei) [version 1]
American Ornithologists' Society 7th edition (incl. 62nd suppl.): Brace's Emerald ( Riccordia bracei) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): Brace's or Elegant Emerald ( Riccordia [bracei or elegans])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): Brace's or Elegant Emerald ( Chlorostilbon [bracei or elegans])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): Brace's or Elegant Emerald ( Chlorostilbon [bracei or elegans])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): Brace's or Elegant Emerald ( Chlorostilbon [bracei or elegans])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): Brace's or Elegant Emerald ( Chlorostilbon [bracei or elegans])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): Brace's or Elegant Emerald ( Chlorostilbon [bracei or elegans])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): Brace's or Elegant Emerald ( Chlorostilbon [bracei or elegans])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): Brace's or Elegant Emerald ( Chlorostilbon [bracei or elegans])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): Brace's or Elegant Emerald ( Riccordia [bracei or elegans])
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Émeraude de New Providence ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021: Brace's Emerald ( Riccordia bracei) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
eBird version 2015: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
eBird version 2016: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
eBird version 2017: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
eBird version 2018: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
eBird version 2019: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
eBird version 2021: Brace's Emerald ( Riccordia bracei) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: Chlorostilbon ricordii bracei [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Chlorostilbon ricordii bracei [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Chlorostilbon ricordii bracei [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: Brace's Emerald ( Chlorostilbon bracei) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

This taxon is a subspecies of Riccordia [ricordii or bracei]

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