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title: "White-bellied Emerald"
description: "Chlorestes candida — Ptaki. The white-bellied emerald (Chlorestes candida) is a species of hummingbird in the \"emeralds\", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/white-bellied-emerald
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-bellied Emerald

> Chlorestes candida — Ptaki. The white-bellied emerald (Chlorestes candida) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Chlorestes candida*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1950
- iNaturalist taxon: [1289632](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1289632)

## Names

- en: White-bellied Emerald
- de: Bronzekopfamazilie
- es: Colibrí cándido
- fr: Ariane candide

## Countries with the most observations

MX (1135), HN (217), BZ (152), GT (127), NI (45), CR (4)

## Summary

The white-bellied emerald (Chlorestes candida) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, and Nicaragua.

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

## Photo

![White-bellied Emerald](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-bellied-emerald/medium.jpg)

Photo: Thompson Hyggen · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/336657470

## Machine access

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