Western Emerald

Western Emerald

Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus

0–10% · With luck
overall probability at Puracé National Natural Park

Closest Relatives at Puracé National Natural Park

Red-billed Emerald
LC

Red-billed Emerald

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorostilbon gibsoni

10–20% · Possible
Short-tailed Emerald
LC

Short-tailed Emerald

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chlorostilbon poortmani

Insufficient data
Sparkling Violetear
LC

Sparkling Violetear

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Colibri coruscans

20–30% · Possible
Tyrian Metaltail
LC

Tyrian Metaltail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Metallura tyrianthina

20–30% · Possible
Green-tailed Trainbearer
LC

Green-tailed Trainbearer

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Lesbia nuna

10–20% · Possible
Speckled Hummingbird
LC

Speckled Hummingbird

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Adelomyia melanogenys

10–20% · Possible
Tourmaline Sunangel
LC

Tourmaline Sunangel

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Heliangelus exortis

10–20% · Possible
Long-tailed Sylph
LC

Long-tailed Sylph

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Aglaiocercus kingii

10–20% · With luck
Viridian Metaltail
LC

Viridian Metaltail

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Metallura williami

10–20% · With luck
Buff-winged Starfrontlet
LC

Buff-winged Starfrontlet

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coeligena lutetiae

10–20% · With luck
White-bellied Woodstar
LC

White-bellied Woodstar

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Chaetocercus mulsant

10–20% · With luck
Collared Inca
LC

Collared Inca

☀️ Diurnal Bird

Coeligena torquata

10–20% · With luck

📅 Monthly Probability

0–10
Jan
10–20
Feb
0–10
Mar
<5
Apr
<5
May
10–20
Jun
10–20
Jul
10–20
Aug
10–20
Sep
0–10
Oct
0–10
Nov
0–10
Dec

☀️ When They're Spotted

Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)

☀️Diurnal
☀️🌙🌙12am6am12pm6pm12am

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

# Park Country Probability
1 Farallones de Cali National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
20–30%
2 Puracé National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
0–10%
3 Los Nevados National Natural Park 🇨🇴 Colombia
<5%

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Western Emerald in Puracé National Natural Park?

About 8% of visitor-days record a Western Emerald sighting in Puracé National Natural Park, based on 71 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Western Emerald in Puracé National Natural Park?

June has the highest sighting rate for Western Emerald in Puracé National Natural Park in our monthly data.

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