Green-tailed emerald


The green-tailed emerald is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found only in Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest. Certain studies have placed the Green-trailed emerald within a superspecies containing C. stenurus and C. poortmani.
This species has been known to steal nectar from the territories of other birds via traplining. They don't solely rely on theft however, and will guard flowers that have a high nectar concentration.