Versicolored Emerald

Chrysuronia versicolor

IUCN: Least Concern

Taxonomy

Order
Apodiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Chrysuronia
eBird Code
vereme1

Subspecies (6)

  • Chrysuronia versicolor hollandi

    tropical southeastern Venezuela and southwestern Guyana

  • Chrysuronia versicolor kubtchecki

    northeastern Bolivia eastward to Goiás (south-central Brazil) to eastern Paraguay and far northeastern Argentina

  • Chrysuronia versicolor millerii

    tropical eastern Colombia eastward to southern Venezuela and southward to northwestern Brazil

  • Chrysuronia versicolor nitidifrons

    northeastern Pará to Ceará and Piauí (northeastern Brazil)

  • Chrysuronia versicolor rondoniae

    northern Bolivia and right bank of Rio Madeira (Rondônia, west-central Brazil)

  • Chrysuronia versicolor versicolor

    Alagoas to Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo (eastern Brazil)

Data Sources

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.