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Apodiformes / Trochilidae / Chlorestes

White-bellied Emerald

Chlorestes candida

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whbeme1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Chlorestes

Subspecies (3)

Chlorestes candida candida

humid southeastern Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula) to Belize and Nicaragua
Chlorestes candida genini

Caribbean slope of southeastern Mexico
Chlorestes candida pacifica

Pacific slope of southeastern Mexico (Chiapas) to southern Guatemala

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (whbeme1) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.