Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí maragda de Cozumel |
| Czech | kolibřík cozumelský |
| Dutch | Cozumelsmaragdkolibrie |
| English | Cozumel Emerald |
| English (United States) | Cozumel Emerald |
| French | Émeraude de Cozumel |
| French (France) | Émeraude de Cozumel |
| German | Schwalbenschwanz-Smaragdkolibri |
| Japanese | コスメルヒメエメラルドハチドリ |
| Norwegian | cozumelsmaragd |
| Polish | złocik wyspowy |
| Russian | Косумельский изумруд |
| Serbian | Smaragdni kolibri sa ostrva Kozumel |
| Slovak | smaragdovec ostrovný |
| Spanish | Esmeralda de Cozumel |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Esmeralda de Isla Cozumel |
| Spanish (Spain) | Esmeralda de Cozumel |
| Swedish | cozumelsmaragd |
| Turkish | Kozumel Zümrütü |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-смарагд козумельський |
Cynanthus forficatus (Ridgway, 1885)
PROTONYM:
Chlorostilbon forficatus
Ridgway, 1885. Description of some new species of birds from Cozumel Island, Yucatan, p.3.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cozumel Island.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CYNANTHUS
- forficata / forficatus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Cozumel Emerald Cynanthus forficatus Scientific name definitions
Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.1 — Published August 18, 2021
Version: 1.1 — Published August 18, 2021
Diet and Foraging
Introduction
No details are known of their feeding. Cozumel Emerald forages for nectar, but the plants that it visits have not been documented. This emerald probably also feeds on small arthropods, as do most if not all species of hummingbirds (Remsen et al. 1983).
