Chionomesa fimbriata
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The glittering-throated emerald (Chionomesa fimbriata) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, the Guianas, Peru, Trinidad and Venezuela.
The glittering-throated emerald was formally described in 1788 by the German naturalist Johann Friedrich Gmelin in his revised and expanded edition of Carl Linnaeus's Systema Naturae. He placed it with all the other hummingbirds in the genus Trochilus and coined the binomial name Trochilus fimbriatus. Gmelin based his description on "L'Oiseau-mouche à gorge tachetée de Cayenne" that had been described and illustrated by the French ornithologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760, and by the French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1779.
This species was formerly placed in the genus Amazilia. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2014 found that Amazilia was polyphyletic. In the revised classification to create monophyletic genera, the glittering-throated emerald and the sapphire-spangled emerald (Chionomesa lactea) were moved by most taxonomic systems to the resurrected genus Chionomesa that had... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 3 | Henri Pittier National Park | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | |
| 4 | Amacayacu National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 5 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Anavilhanas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 7 | Sierra de la Macarena National Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia | |
| 8 | Yasuní National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 9 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 10 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | |
| 12 | Brownsberg Nature Park | 🇸🇷 Suriname | |
| 13 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 15 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 16 | Chingaza National Natural Park | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Glittering-throated Emerald sighting in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 208th most-seen of the 258 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to under 5%, if each day is a fresh chance.
Any time of year
In every month with enough records, under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Glittering-throated Emerald in Chingaza National Natural Park on a given day, so our monthly data shows no clear season.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Glittering-throated Emerald sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
16th of 16
Of the 16 parks where we can rate Glittering-throated Emerald sightings, Chingaza National Natural Park ranks 16th at under 5%. The best odds are in Chapada Diamantina National Park (Brazil, about 20%), Chapada dos Guimarães National Park (Brazil, about 20%) and Henri Pittier National Park (Venezuela, about 20%).
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Glittering-throated Emerald that you can see in Chingaza National Natural Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Tyrian Metaltail (about 60%), Glowing Puffleg (about 50%) and Bronze-tailed Thornbill (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Glittering-throated Emerald is recorded against all the birds logged in Chingaza National Natural Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
