Green-tailed emerald | |
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Chlorostilbon alice micans painted by John Gerrard Keulemans | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Chlorostilbon |
Species: | C. alice |
Binomial name | |
Chlorostilbon alice Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848 |
The green-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon alice) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found only in Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.