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Garden Emerald

Chlorostilbon assimilis

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Panama.January 35, February 34, March 66, April 48, May 33, June 34, July 21, August 9, September 12, October 30, November 16, December 21.
Panama359
Provincia de Panamá124
Provincia de Chiriquí102
Costa Rica92
Provincia de Panamá Oeste54
Provincia de Coclé43
Provincia Cartago30
Provincia San José29
Provincia Puntarenas29
Provincia de Veraguas15

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • HoveringCan hover in place while flyingChecked by the maintainer

Group and habits

  • Nectar feederDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on nectar.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassBirds · Aves
OrderSwifts and Hummingbirds · Apodiformes
FamilyHummingbirds · Trochilidae
GenusTypical Emeralds · Chlorostilbon

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Garden Emerald with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.