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title: "Glittering-throated Emerald"
description: "Chionomesa fimbriata — Birds. The glittering-throated emerald (Chionomesa fimbriata) is a species of hummingbird in the \"emeralds\", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/glittering-throated-emerald
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Glittering-throated Emerald

> Chionomesa fimbriata — Birds. The glittering-throated emerald (Chionomesa fimbriata) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Chionomesa fimbriata*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 3270
- Wikidata: [Q117253776](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117253776)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289639](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289639)

## Names

- en: Glittering-throated Emerald
- de: Glitzerkehlamazilie
- es: Diamante de Cabeza Parda
- fr: Ariane de Linné

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1654), EC (182), CO (181), VE (150), GF (112), PE (56), GY (35), BO (24), SR (18)

## Summary

The glittering-throated emerald (Chionomesa fimbriata) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, Trinidad and Venezuela.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glittering-throated_emerald

## Photo

![Glittering-throated Emerald](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/glittering-throated-emerald/medium.jpg)

Photo: NINA WENÓLI · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/339358425

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/glittering-throated-emerald?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).