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Green-tailed Emerald

Chlorostilbon alice (Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ 1848)

The green-tailed emerald is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found only in Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest. Certain studies have placed the Green-trailed emerald within a superspecies containing C. stenurus and C. poortmani. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Apodiformes
Family:
  Trochilidae
Genus:
   Chlorostilbon
Scientific:
  Chlorostilbon alice


Original description

Citation:
  (Bourcier, J; Mulsant, MÉ 1848)

Reference:
   Rev. Zool. Soc. Cuvierienne 11 p.274

Protonym:
  Trochilus Alice

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2366709


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  D4F4C613618A0421

Avibase ID:
  avibase-D4F4C613

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/D4F4C613


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 555117

Geographic range:

  • Chlorostilbon alice: Mts. of n Venezuela (Falcón to Lara, Sucre and n Monagas)
English:
Green-tailed Emerald
Catalan:
Colibrí maragda cuaverd
Czech:
kolibřík venezuelský
Danish:
Grønhalet Smaragd
German:
Alicesmaragdkolibri
Spanish:
Esmeralda Coliverde
Spanish (Spain):
Esmeralda coliverde
Finnish:
tarhasmaragdikolibri
French:
Émeraude alice
Hungarian:
zöldfarkú smaragdkolibri
Italian:
Smeraldo codaverde
Japanese (romaji):
midoriohimeemerarudohachidori
Japanese:
ミドリオヒメエメラルドハチドリ
Lithuanian:
Žaliauodegis smaragdinis kolibris
Dutch:
Groenstaartsmaragdkolibrie
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Grønhalesmaragd
Norwegian:
Grønnhalesmaragd
Polish:
złocik wenezuelski
Portuguese:
esmeralda-de-cauda-verde
Russian:
Зеленохвостый изумруд
Slovak:
smaragdovec zelenochvostý
Serbian:
Zelenorepi smaragdni kolibri
Swedish:
grönstjärtad smaragd
Ukrainian:
Колібрі-смарагд венесуельський
Chinese:
绿尾翠蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional):
綠尾翠蜂鳥


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Chlorostilbon poortmani alice [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Chlorostilbon poortmani alice [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Chlorostilbon poortmani alice [version 2]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2022):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Émeraude alice ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Émeraude alice ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice)
Clements, version 2021:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice)
Clements 4th edition:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Chlorostilbon poortmani alice [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Chlorostilbon poortmani alice [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Chlorostilbon poortmani alice [version 2]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Chlorostilbon poortmani alice [version 2]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Chlorostilbon alice
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Chlorostilbon alice
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Chlorostilbon alice
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/10/2003):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (14/09/2005):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/07/2006):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (26/09/2007):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (01/05/2008):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (30/09/2009):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (19/08/2010):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/08/2011):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/02/2012):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/09/2012):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (17/03/2013):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (9/02/2014):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (16/02/2015):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (28/07/2016):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (22/04/2017):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (4/06/2018):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (6/06/2019):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (20/02/2020):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (8/06/2020):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/08/2021):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
South American Classification Committee (24/07/2022):
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Green-tailed Emerald ( Chlorostilbon alice) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Chlorostilbon alice [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Chlorostilbon alice [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Chlorostilbon [poortmani, olivaresi or alice] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: Colibrí maragda cuaverd
Czech: Kolibrík venezuelský, kolibřík venezuelský
Danish: Grønhalet Smaragd
German: Alice Kolibri, Alicekolibri, Alicesmaragdkolibri, Grünschwanz-Smaragdkolibri
English: Alice's Emerald, Green tailed Emerald, Green-taiel emerald, Green-tailed Emerald
English, HBW: Short-tailed Emerald (Green-tailed)
English (IOC): Green-tailed Emerald
English (United States): Green-tailed Emerald
Spanish: Esmeralda Coliverde, Esmeralda de Cola Verde
Spanish (Spain): Esmeralda coliverde
Spanish (HBW): Green-tailed Emerald
Spanish (Venezuela): Esmeralda Coliverde
Finnish: Tarhasmaragdikolibri
French: Émeraude alice
Hungarian: zöldfarkú smaragdkolibri
Italian: Colibrì smeraldo codaverde, Smeraldo codaverde
Japanese (romaji): midoriohimeemerarudohachidori
Japanese: ミドリオヒメエメラルドハチドリ
Scientific: Chlorostilbon alice, Chlorostilbon poortmani alice, Trochilus Alice
Lithuanian: Žaliauodegis smaragdinis kolibris
Dutch: Groenstaartsmaragdkolibrie, Groenstaart-smaragdkolibrie
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grønhalesmaragd
Norwegian: Grønnhalesmaragd
Polish: zlocik wenezuelski, złocik wenezuelski
Portuguese: esmeralda-de-cauda-verde
Portuguese (Portugal): esmeralda-de-cauda-verde
Russian: Зеленохвостый измрудный колибри, Зеленохвостый изумруд, Зеленохвостый изумрудный колибри
Slovak: smaragdovec zelenochvostý
Serbian: Zelenorepi smaragdni kolibri
Swedish: Grönstjärtad smaragd
Turkish: Yeşil kuyruklu zümrüt
Ukrainian: Колібрі-смарагд венесуельський
Chinese: 绿尾翠蜂鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 綠尾翠蜂鳥

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