The first two photos are of a male and show the straight bill with the black upper mandible and the pink lower mandible. The males have the throat a "glittering" green while the females have a white stripe up the middle of the throat.

The Glittering-throated Emerald is found in a wide variety of open and semi-open habitats including gardens but it is not found in the interiors of forests.

Glittering-throated Emeralds are found from Colombia through to south-east Brazil. See the distribution map at xeno-canto.