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The Honduran emerald is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long. Both sexes have a medium length bill, slightly decurved, with a black maxilla and a red mandible with a black tip. Adult males have a dark green crown and upperparts that become bronzy on the lower back and uppertail coverts. Its central tail feathers are dark green, the rest dark green with a bronzy cast near the end, and all have a purplish band near the tip. Its gorget and upper breast are medium blue that may appear greenish or grayish in different lights. Its breast is grayish white with green sides and duller bronze green flanks.
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When to see the Honduran Emerald
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Honduran Emerald
The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Honduran Emerald
The Honduran emerald is a vulnerable species of hummingbird in the "emeralds" tribe, Trochilini, of the subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Honduras.
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Easily confused with
Buff-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensisThe buff-bellied hummingbird is 10 to 11 cm (3.9 to 4.3 in) long and weighs 2.9 to 4.7 g (0.10 to 0.17 oz).
Cinnamon HummingbirdAmazilia rutilaThe cinnamon hummingbird is 9.5 to 11.5 cm (3.7 to 4.5 in) long and on average weighs about 5 to 5.5 g (0.18 to 0.19 oz).
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatlThe rufous-tailed hummingbird is 9 to 11 cm (3.5 to 4.3 in) long and weighs approximately 5 g (0.18 oz).
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