Cozumel emerald
| Cozumel emerald | |
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CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Cynanthus |
| Species: | C. forficatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cynanthus forficatus (Ridgway, 1885)
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| Cozumel emerald range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Chlorostilbon forficatus | |
The Cozumel emerald (Cynanthus forficatus) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to the Mexican island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula.