Cuban emerald

Cuban emerald
Male
Female
both R. r. recordii
at Palpite, Cuba
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Riccordia
Species:
R. ricordii
Binomial name
Riccordia ricordii
(Gervais, 1835)
Range of C. ricordii
Synonyms

Chlorostilbon ricordii[3]

The Cuban emerald (Riccordia ricordii) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in the Bahamas and Cuba.[4][3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cuban Emerald Chlorostilbon ricordii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ a b HBW and BirdLife International (2020) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip [.xls zipped 1 MB] retrieved 27 May 2021
  4. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (January 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 12.1. Retrieved January 15, 2022.