Chlorostilbon lucidus
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In 3 days ~60% in a week ~90%
The glittering-bellied emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. The glittering-bellied emerald was widely called by the scientific name Chlorostilbon aureoventris, but in 2006 José Pacheco and Bret Whitney showed that lucidus is the correct specific epithet due to the principle of priority.
The Clements taxonomy and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World add C. l. igneous, whose population the IOC includes in the nominate. Some ornithologists believe that pucherani is "approaching the species threshold".
The authorities and distributions for the three subspecies are: Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chapada Diamantina National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 2 | El Impenetrable National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | El Palmar National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 4 | Chapada dos Guimarães National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 5 | Serra da Canastra National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 6 | Iberá National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Emas National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Iguazú National Park | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 9 | Amboró National Park | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 10 | Iguaçu National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 11 | Itatiaia National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 12 | Serra dos Órgãos National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 13 | Parque Estadual Encontro das Águas | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 14 | Tijuca National Park | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cochabamba | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | |
| 2 | Rosario | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 3 | Asuncion | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | |
| 4 | Buenos Aires | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 5 | Cordoba | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 6 | Mendoza | 🇦🇷 Argentina | |
| 7 | Curitiba | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 8 | Montevideo | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | |
| 9 | Campo Grande | 🇧🇷 Brazil | |
| 10 | Porto Alegre | 🇧🇷 Brazil |
Possible
About 30% of wildlife watchers report a Glittering-bellied Emerald sighting in Serra da Canastra National Park on a given day, based on 159 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 72nd most-seen of the 294 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 60%, and over a week to about 90%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and September
In those months about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Glittering-bellied Emerald in Serra da Canastra National Park on a given day, against about 10% in January and February, the lowest months. Those are among Serra da Canastra National Park's driest months, with about 30 mm of rain a month against 280 mm in January.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Glittering-bellied Emerald sightings with a recorded time, and nearly all of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 14
Of the 14 parks where we can rate Glittering-bellied Emerald sightings, Serra da Canastra National Park ranks 5th at about 30%. The best odds are in Chapada Diamantina National Park (Brazil, about 50%), El Impenetrable National Park (Argentina, about 40%) and El Palmar National Park (Argentina, about 40%). All parks ranked.
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Glittering-bellied Emerald that you can see in Serra da Canastra National Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are White-vented Violetear (about 50%), Planalto Hermit (about 30%) and Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (about 30%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Glittering-bellied Emerald is recorded against all the birds logged in Serra da Canastra National Park (159 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.
