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title: "Blue-tailed Emerald"
description: "Chlorostilbon mellisugus — Vogels. The blue-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus) is a hummingbird in the \"emeralds\", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/blue-tailed-emerald
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Blue-tailed Emerald

> Chlorostilbon mellisugus — Vogels. The blue-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus) is a hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Chlorostilbon mellisugus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 877
- Wikidata: [Q942904](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q942904)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6095](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6095)

## Names

- en: Blue-tailed Emerald
- de: Smaragdkolibri
- es: Esmeralda de Cola Azul
- fr: Émeraude orvert
- pt: Esmeralda-de-cauda-azul
- pl: Złocik szmaragdowy

## Countries with the most observations

CW (221), AW (72), VE (57), PE (54), BR (48), GF (46), CO (20), EC (17), TT (12), BO (8), GY (7), SR (6)

## Summary

The blue-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus) is a hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in tropical and subtropical South America east of the Andes from Colombia east to the Guianas and Trinidad, and south to northern Bolivia and central Brazil.

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

## Photo

![Blue-tailed Emerald](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/blue-tailed-emerald/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/281969168

## Machine access

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