Cynanthus canivetii
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In 3 days ~40% in a week ~70%
Canivet's emerald (Cynanthus canivetii) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
The taxonomic history of Canivet's emerald is complicated. The North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society, the International Ornithological Committee (IOC), and the Clements taxonomy assign it the binomial Cynanthus canivetii. However, as of 2020 BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW) retains it in its earlier genus Chlorostilbon.
However, some authors treat the last two as a single subspecies or species, Salvin's emerald. Others expand C. canivetii to include all of the species now in genus Chlorostilbon under the binomial Chlorostilbon canivetii and the English name fork-tailed emerald, and still others call this combined entity the blue-tailed emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus)... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cañón del Sumidero National Park | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 2 | Rincón de la Vieja National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 3 | Ostional Wildlife Refuge | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Las Baulas Marine National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Sian Ka'an Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 6 | Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Santa Rosa National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Masaya Volcano National Park | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 9 | Palo Verde National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Tenorio Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 11 | Calakmul Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 12 | Celestún Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 13 | Cabo Blanco Absolute Nature Reserve | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 14 | Biotopo Cerro Cahuí | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 15 | Lago de Yojoa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 16 | Tikal National Park | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 17 | Cerro Azul Meámbar National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 18 | Ría Lagartos Biosphere Reserve | 🇲🇽 Mexico | |
| 19 | Carara National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 20 | Arenal Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 21 | Poás Volcano National Park | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guatemala City | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | |
| 2 | Managua | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | |
| 3 | San José | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Tegucigalpa | 🇭🇳 Honduras | |
| 5 | San Salvador | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Canivet's Emerald sighting in Ostional Wildlife Refuge on a given day, based on 93 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 64th most-seen of the 182 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 40%, and over a week to about 70%, if each day is a fresh chance.
November
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report a Canivet's Emerald in Ostional Wildlife Refuge on a given day, against about 10% in April, June–September and December–February, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Canivet's Emerald sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
3rd of 21
Of the 21 parks where we can rate Canivet's Emerald sightings, Ostional Wildlife Refuge ranks 3rd at about 10%. The best odds are in Cañón del Sumidero National Park (Mexico, about 40%) and Rincón de la Vieja National Park (Costa Rica, about 20%).
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Canivet's Emerald that you can see in Ostional Wildlife Refuge (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are Cinnamon Hummingbird (about 20%), Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (about 20%) and Blue-vented Hummingbird (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Canivet's Emerald is recorded against all the birds logged in Ostional Wildlife Refuge (93 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.
