Class Aves Linnaeus, 1758 - birds see Subclass Aves Linnaeus, 1758
   Subclass Neornithes Gadow, 1893 see Clade Neornithes Gadow, 1893
     Infraclass Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988 see Subcohort Neoaves Sibley et al., 1988
       Parvclass Passerae see Superorder Passerimorphae Sibley et al., 1988
         Superorder Apodimorphae see Order Apodiformes Peters, 1940
           Order Trochiliformes Wagler - hummingbirds see Suborder Apodi Peters, 1940
             Family Trochilidae Vigors, 1825 - hummingbirds
               Subfamily Trochilinae Jardine, 1833 - typical hummingbirds
                 Genus Chlorostilbon Gould, 1861[1853]
                   01 Chlorostilbon canivetii (Lesson, 1832) - fork-tailed emerald
                   02 Chlorostilbon assimilis Lawrence, 1861 - garden emerald
                   03 Chlorostilbon mellisugus (C. Linnaeus, 1758) - blue-tailed emerald
                   04 Chlorostilbon aureoventris (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838) - glittering-bellied emerald
                   05 Chlorostilbon ricordii (Gervais, 1835) - Cuban emerald
                   06 ‡Chlorostilbon bracei (Lawrence, 1877) - Brace's emerald
                   07 Chlorostilbon swainsonii (Lesson, 1829) - Hispaniolan emerald
                   08 Chlorostilbon maugaeus (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) - Puerto Rican emerald
                   09 Chlorostilbon gibsoni (Fraser, 1840) - red-billed emerald see Chlorostilbon mellisugus gibsoni
                   10 Chlorostilbon russatus (Salvin & Godman, 1881) - coppery emerald
                   11 Chlorostilbon stenura (Cabanis & Heine, 1860) - narrow-tailed emerald see Chlorostilbon stenurus (Cabanis & Heine, 1860)
                   12 Chlorostilbon alice (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848) - green-tailed emerald
                   13 Chlorostilbon poortmani (Bourcier, 1843) - short-tailed emerald