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

# Garden Emerald

> Chlorostilbon assimilis — Vogels. The garden emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis) is a small hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Chlorostilbon assimilis*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `urban` (Steden en tuinen)
- iNaturalist observations: 814
- Wikidata: [Q902676](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q902676)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6108](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6108)

## Names

- en: Garden Emerald
- de: Gartenkolibri
- es: Esmeralda afín
- fr: Émeraude du Panama
- pl: Złocik ogrodowy

## Countries with the most observations

PA (554), CR (141)

## Summary

The garden emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis) is a small hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Costa Rica and  Panama.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: ChrisMcV · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/216161484

## Machine access

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