Cozumel emerald | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Chlorostilbon |
Species: | C. forficatus |
Binomial name | |
Chlorostilbon forficatus Ridgway, 1885 |
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Cozumel emerald range |
The Cozumel emerald (Chlorostilbon forficatus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to the Mexican island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.