Blue-tailed Emerald vs Ecuador Red Brocket

Chlorostilbon mellisugus compared with Mazama rufina

Key Differences

• Blue-tailed Emerald is Least Concern while Ecuador Red Brocket is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Blue-tailed Emerald	Ecuador Red Brocket
Kingdom same	Animalia (Animals)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum same	Chordata (Chordates)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Mammalia (Mammals)
Order	Apodiformes (Apodiformes)	Artiodactyla (Even-toed Ungulates)
Family	Trochilidae	Cervidae (Deer)
Genus	Chlorostilbon	Mazama
Species	Chlorostilbon mellisugus	Mazama rufina

Evolutionary Relationship

Blue-tailed Emerald and Ecuador Red Brocket share a common ancestor at the Phylum level: Chordata. (Chordates)

Conservation Status

Blue-tailed Emerald

LC — Least Concern

Ecuador Red Brocket

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Blue-tailed Emerald	Ecuador Red Brocket
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Blue-tailed Emerald

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, Norway, and Venezuela.

Ecuador Red Brocket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems.

Range

Distributed across Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Blue-tailed Emerald

A small, jewel-like hummingbird named for the brilliant blue-green iridescence of the tail feathers, male blue-tailed emeralds display glittering green plumage throughout with a contrasting deep blue-green forked tail. Found in lowland tropical forest edges, savannas, and gardens from Venezuela and Colombia east to Trinidad and south to Bolivia and Brazil. They are common in disturbed and secondary habitats, making them relatively resilient to habitat modification compared to more specialized hummingbirds.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇪🇨 Ecuador 🇻🇪 Venezuela