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Short-tailed emerald

Chlorostilbon poortmani (Bourcier, 1843)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The short-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 3.3 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Short-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani)
Photo: Félix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the short-tailed emerald

Weight
3.3 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
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 short-tailed emerald live?

Not recorded

What is the short-tailed emerald?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The short-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. It has also been called Poortman's emerald hummingbird.

From the Wikipedia article “Short-tailed emerald” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Short-tailed_emerald&oldid=1335330410), 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 short-tailed emerald endangered?

The short-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 short-tailed emerald classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusChlorostilbon
  7. SpeciesChlorostilbon poortmani (Bourcier, 1843)

Synonyms Chlorostilbon poortmanni, Chlorostilbon poortmanni poortmanni, Ornismya poortmani

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • colibrí maragda cuacurtCatalan
  • kolibřík PoortmanůvCzech
  • emrallt cwtaWelsh
  • Korthalet SmaragdDanish
  • Grünschwanz-SmaragdkolibriGerman
  • Kurzschwanz-SmaragdkolibriGerman
  • Poortman-KolibriGerman
  • kurtvosta smeraldkolibroEsperanto
  • Esmeralda colicortaSpanish
  • tynkäsmaragdikolibriFinnish
  • Émeraude à queue courteFrench
  • kratkorepa smaragdnicaCroatian
  • rövidfarkú smaragdkolibriHungarian
  • Smeraldo codacortaItalian
  • タンビヒメエメラルドハチドリJapanese
  • trumpauodegis smaragdinis kolibrisLithuanian
  • korthalesmaragdNorwegian Bokmål
  • KortstaartsmaragdkolibrieDutch
  • kortstjertsmaragdNorwegian
  • złocik krótkosternyPolish
  • esmeralda-de-cauda-curtaPortuguese
  • Короткохвостый изумрудRussian
  • Короткохвостый изумрудный колибриRussian
  • smaragdovec krátkochvostýSlovak
  • Kratkorepi smaragdni kolibriSerbian
  • kortstjärtad smaragdSwedish
  • Kısa Kuyruklu ZümrütTurkish
  • колібрі-смарагд короткохвостийUkrainian
  • 短尾翠蜂鳥Chinese
  • 短尾翠蜂鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the short-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 short-tailed emerald?

An adult short-tailed emerald weighs 3.3 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the short-tailed emerald endangered?

The short-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 short-tailed emerald?

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

Sources and how to cite this page

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Short-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-tailed-emerald

MLA

“Short-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-tailed-emerald.

BibTeX
@misc{short_tailed_emerald_2026,
  title = {Short-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/short-tailed-emerald},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}