Short-tailed Emerald

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Short-Tailed Emerald
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chlorostilbon
Species: C. poortmani
Binomial name
Chlorostilbon poortmani
Bourcier, 1843

The Short-Tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded former forest.

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