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Versicolored Emerald

Chrysuronia versicolor

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarCoastal4 g
Versicolored Emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor), photo 1
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Versicolored Emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor), photo 2
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Versicolored Emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor), photo 3
Photo: Fabrício Mil Homens Riella · CC BY 4.0
Versicolored Emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor), photo 4
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Versicolored Emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor), photo 5
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Versicolored Emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor), photo 6
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Versicolored Emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor), photo 7
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Versicolored Emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor), photo 8
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Versicolored Emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor), photo 9
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Versicolored Emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor), photo 10
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

It has a total length of 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in). The relatively long, slightly decurved bill is black with flesh-colored (occasionally orange) base to the lower mandible. The tail is coppery-green with a dark subterminal band. The upperparts and flanks are coppery-green. The central underparts and crissum (the undertail coverts surrounding the cloaca) are white. The color of the throat, face-sides and crown varies greatly both individually and depending on subspecies.

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When to see the Versicolored Emerald

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Versicolored Emerald

Regular range

The map shades 7 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Colombia Argentina Paraguay Venezuela Bolivia Guyana

About the Versicolored Emerald

The versicoloured emerald is a species of hummingbird from central and eastern South America.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone) Golden-tailed SapphireChrysuronia oenoneThe golden-tailed sapphire is 9.5 to 10 cm (3.7 to 3.9 in) long. Sapphire-throated Hummingbird (Chrysuronia coeruleogularis) Sapphire-throated HummingbirdChrysuronia coeruleogularisThe sapphire-throated hummingbird has a full shiny metallic-green plumage, except for its darker tail and wings. Shining-green Hummingbird (Chrysuronia goudoti) Shining-green HummingbirdChrysuronia goudotiThe shining-green hummingbird is 9 to 9.5 cm (3.5 to 3.7 in) long.

Side by side: Antillean Crested Hummingbird vs Versicolored Emerald · Golden-tailed Sapphire vs Versicolored Emerald · Sapphire-throated Hummingbird vs Versicolored Emerald · Shining-green Hummingbird vs Versicolored Emerald

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