The Glittering-bellied Emerald occurs in South America. Males are green with a bright blue-green throat; females have grey underparts and white tips on the outer tail feathers.
The male is green with a bright blue-green throat and pale belly. The female has grey underparts and white tips on the outer tail feathers.
The Bolivia account places it in open woodland, second growth, cerrado, parks and gardens, visiting flowers at low to middle levels. A Caatinga study site in northeastern Brazil recorded flower visits and defense of feeding territories.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.