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Blue-tailed emerald

Chlorostilbon mellisugus (Linnaeus, 1758)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The blue-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 2.61 g to 2.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Blue-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus)
Photo: Francesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the blue-tailed emerald

Weight
2.61 g – 2.8 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Egg incubation
13 dayssrc for Egg incubation
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Partialsrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the blue-tailed emerald live?

Not recorded

What is the blue-tailed emerald?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

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.

From the Wikipedia article “Blue-tailed emerald” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blue-tailed_emerald&oldid=1330796553), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the blue-tailed emerald endangered?

The blue-tailed emerald is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species.

How is the blue-tailed emerald classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusChlorostilbon
  7. SpeciesChlorostilbon mellisugus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms Chlorostilbon prasinus, Ornismya prasina, Trochilus mellisugus

Other names and names in other languages (37)
  • Common emeraldEnglish
  • Emerald hummingbirdEnglish
  • colibrí maragda cuablauCatalan
  • kolibřík modroocasýCzech
  • emrallt cynffonlasWelsh
  • Blåhalet SmaragdDanish
  • SmaragdkolibriGerman
  • Blauschwanz-SmaragdkolibriGerman
  • Smaragd-KolibriGerman
  • bluvosta smeraldkolibroEsperanto
  • Esmeralda coliazulSpanish
  • Esmeralda de Cola AzulSpanish
  • mesismaragdikolibriFinnish
  • Émeraude orvertFrench
  • smaragdni kolibrićCroatian
  • kékfarkú smaragdkolibriHungarian
  • Smeraldo codabluItalian
  • アイオヒメエメラルドハチドリJapanese
  • mėlynuodegis smaragdinis kolibrisLithuanian
  • blåhalesmaragdNorwegian Bokmål
  • Groene kolibrieDutch
  • BlauwstaartsmaragdkolibrieDutch
  • blåstjertsmaragdNorwegian
  • Blenchi BèrdèPapiamento
  • Blenchi GewoonPapiamento
  • Blenchi HudiuPapiamento
  • złocik szmaragdowyPolish
  • esmeralda-de-cauda-azulPortuguese
  • Синехвостый изумрудRussian
  • Синехвостый изумрудный колибриRussian
  • smaragdovec medosavýSlovak
  • Plavorepi smaragdni kolibriSerbian
  • blåstjärtad smaragdSwedish
  • Mavi Kuyruklu ZümrütTurkish
  • колібрі-смарагд синьохвостийUkrainian
  • 蓝尾翠蜂鸟Chinese
  • 藍尾翠蜂鳥Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistTAXREFWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the blue-tailed emerald

Other species in the same genus Chlorostilbon.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the blue-tailed emerald?

An adult blue-tailed emerald weighs 2.61 g – 2.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the blue-tailed emerald endangered?

The blue-tailed emerald is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the blue-tailed emerald?

The blue-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Blue-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-tailed-emerald

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{blue_tailed_emerald_2026,
  title = {Blue-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/blue-tailed-emerald},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}