Hispaniolan emerald

Hispaniolan emerald
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chlorostilbon
Species: C. swainsonii
Binomial name
Chlorostilbon swainsonii
Lesson, 1829
Synonyms
  • Sporadinus elegans

The Hispaniolan emerald (Chlorostilbon swainsonii) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

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