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Golden-crowned Emerald

Cynanthus auriceps

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicNectarShrublandCup nestTiny · 2 g
Golden-crowned Emerald (Cynanthus auriceps), photo 1
Photo: Sandino Guerrero · CC BY 4.0
Golden-crowned Emerald (Cynanthus auriceps), photo 2
Photo: Sandino Guerrero · CC BY 4.0
Golden-crowned Emerald (Cynanthus auriceps), photo 3
Photo: Alfonso Xavier Rolon Perez · CC BY 4.0
Golden-crowned Emerald (Cynanthus auriceps), photo 4
Photo: Alfonso Xavier Rolon Perez · CC BY 4.0
Golden-crowned Emerald (Cynanthus auriceps), photo 5
Photo: Luis F. Ramírez · CC BY 4.0
Golden-crowned Emerald (Cynanthus auriceps), photo 6
Photo: Luis F. Ramírez · CC BY 4.0
Golden-crowned Emerald (Cynanthus auriceps), photo 7
Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre · CC0
Golden-crowned Emerald (Cynanthus auriceps), photo 8
Photo: Ángel Mata · CC0
Golden-crowned Emerald (Cynanthus auriceps), photo 9
Photo: Ángel Mata · CC0
Golden-crowned Emerald (Cynanthus auriceps), photo 10
Photo: sussexbirder · CC BY 2.0

ID tip

The golden-crowned emerald is 7.5 to 9.5 cm (3.0 to 3.7 in) long and weighs about 2.2 g (0.078 oz). The adult male's crown is brilliant golden green and the rest of its upperparts duller golden green to bronzy green. Its underparts transition from an almost pure green on the chin and throat to brilliant golden green at the vent. The tail is long and deeply forked; its feathers are black with a violet-bluish gloss, and the central three pairs have broad brownish gray tips. The adult female's upperparts are like the male's. Its underparts are light gray that is palest on the belly and vent. Voice: The golden-crowned emerald has "dry, rattling and chattering calls".

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When to see the Golden-crowned Emerald

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 10 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Golden-crowned Emerald

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Mexico

About the Golden-crowned Emerald

The golden-crowned emerald is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to western Mexico.

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Easily confused with

Cozumel Emerald (Cynanthus forficatus) Cozumel EmeraldCynanthus forficatusMale Cozumel emeralds are 9 to 10.5 cm (3.5 to 4.1 in) long and females 8 to 9.1 cm (3.1 to 3.6 in). Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird (Cynanthus doubledayi) Turquoise-crowned HummingbirdCynanthus doubledayiThe Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Birds of the World does not describe the turquoise-crowned hummingbird separately from the broad-billed hummingbird. Tres Marias Hummingbird (Cynanthus lawrencei) Tres Marias HummingbirdCynanthus lawrenceiThe Tres Marias hummingbird has a broad reddish bill with a black tip.

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