Plain-bellied Emerald
[order] Apodiformes | [family] Trochilidae | [latin] Amazilia leucogaster | [UK] Plain-bellied Emerald | [FR] Ariane vert-dore | [DE] Hellbauchamazilie | [ES] Diamante ventriblanco | [IT] Amazilia ventrechiaro | [NL] Gmelins amazilia
Subspecies
| Genus | Species | subspecies | Breeding Range | Breeding Range 2 | Non Breeding Range |
| Amazilia | leucogaster | SA | ne, e | ||
| Amazilia | leucogaster | bahiae | e Brazil | ||
| Amazilia | leucogaster | leucogaster | e Venezuela, the Guianas and ne Brazil |
Physical charateristics
Upperparts shiny golden green, belly white. The flanks are green, central tail feathers bronze green, outer tail feathers are blue-black . Slighty decurved bill is black except for base of lower mandible which is flesh colored. Legs black. The sexes are alike.
No sound available
| wingspan min.: | 0 | cm | wingspan max.: | 0 | cm |
| size min.: | 9 | cm | size max.: | 10 | cm |
| incubation min.: | 14 | days | incubation max.: | 15 | days |
| fledging min.: | 20 | days | fledging max.: | 25 | days |
| broods: | 0 | eggs min.: | 1 | ||
| eggs max.: | 3 |
Range
It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela mostly at sea level.
Habitat
Found subtropical or tropical dry forests, mangrove forests, and heavily degraded former forest. Also plantations, parks and gardens. In Suriname confined to the coastal plane mangroves and plantatons, never seen further inland.
Reproduction
The nest is a small cup built on a horizontal branch made of plant wool and leaves. It is mostly built low above water. Clutch size is 2 eggs incubated by female lasting 20-25 days.
Feeding habits
Their food is nectar, taken from a variety of shrub and low tree flowers, and some small invertebrates which are caught by hawking.
Conservation
This species has a large range, with an estimated global extent of occurrence of 260,000 km2. The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population size criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., less than 10,000 mature individuals in conjunction with appropriate decline rates and subpopulation qualifiers). Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e., declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
Migration
Some post breeding dispersal
Distribution map
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