Species profile
Caribbean Emerald
Riccordia elegans
Quick answer
Caribbean Emerald is a species in the Trochilidae family, order Apodiformes. Record a sighting in Feather Journal and it joins your life list with the date, place and photos attached.
- Scientific name
- Riccordia elegans
- Family
- Trochilidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Genus
- Riccordia
- Conservation status
- Extinct
Recording Caribbean Emerald in your journal
When you see this bird, log the sighting with the date, the place and any photos. If it's your first, Feather Journal marks it as a lifer and adds it to your life list automatically — no spreadsheet, no re-typing.
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- Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia)
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- Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis amethystinus)
- Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis)
- Andean Emerald (Uranomitra franciae)
- Andean Hillstar (Oreotrochilus estella)