Western Emerald

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Western Emerald
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chlorostilbon
Species: C. melanorhynchus
Binomial name
Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus
Gould, 1860

The Western Emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded former forest.

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