Data Zone
Justification of Red List category
This taxon is known from one specimen, probably from Jamaica, taken in 1860. It is now Extinct, likely due to deforestation or predation by introduced species.
Population justification
No extant population remains.
Chlorostilbon elegans, described from a single specimen in the Natural History Museum at Tring by Gould in 1860, was recently shown by Weller (1999) to be a valid species. It is extinct, but is inferred to possibly have occurred in Jamaica or the north Bahamas.
Nothing is known, though it is likely to be typical for the genus.
Reasons for its extinction are difficult to infer, though the extinction of its preferred food plants or habitat through deforestation, or predation by introduced mammals may be responsible.
Text account compilers
Mahood, S., Khwaja, N., Brooks, T., Hermes, C.
Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Species factsheet: Caribbean Emerald Riccordia elegans. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/caribbean-emerald-riccordia-elegans on 25/11/2024.
Recommended citation for factsheets for more than one species: BirdLife International (2024) IUCN Red List for birds. Downloaded from
https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/search on 25/11/2024.