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title: "Versicolored Emerald"
description: "Chrysuronia versicolor — Birds. The versicoloured emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor) is a species of hummingbird from central and eastern South America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/versicolored-emerald
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Versicolored Emerald

> Chrysuronia versicolor — Birds. The versicoloured emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor) is a species of hummingbird from central and eastern South America.

- Scientific name: *Chrysuronia versicolor*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2072
- Wikidata: [Q117253733](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q117253733)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289647](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289647)

## Names

- en: Versicolored Emerald
- de: Glanzamazilie
- es: Picaflor esmeralda
- fr: Ariane versicolore
- nl: Regenboogamazilia

## Countries with the most observations

BR (1092), AR (675), CO (13), UY (5), PY (3)

## Summary

The versicoloured emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor) is a species of hummingbird from central and eastern South America.

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

## Photo

![Versicolored Emerald](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/versicolored-emerald/medium.jpg)

Photo: Julia Ariadna · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/283765888

## Machine access

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