Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus)

Other Scientific Names
Lampornis calolaema [BirdLife International (2004)], Lampornis calolaema [Stotz et al. (1996)]

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
10 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Salvin, 1865)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. Also, heavily degraded former forest. From 800 - 3,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama.

Cordillera Central and extreme northern Cordillera de Talamanca (central Costa Rica).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (4)...)

Purple-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis calolaemus) [XC824014]
by Andrew Spencer from Reserva R\u00edo Grande de Santiago, San Rafael, San Ram\u00f3n, Provincia de Alajuela, Costa Rica (call, flight call)

(Lampornis calolaemus) [XC748881]
by Enrique Varela from Poas Volcano, Costa Rica (call)

Subspecies
Lampornis castaneoventris (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis castaneoventris) and Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) following AOU (1998).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis castaneoventris).

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

pectoralis (Salvin, 1891) - Extreme southern Nicaragua to north-central Costa Rica. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis castaneoventris).
calolaemus (Salvin, 1865) - Southern Nicaragua to western Panama. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis castaneoventris).
homogenes Wetmore, 1967 - Pacific slope of southern Costa Rica (probably) and western Panama. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis castaneoventris).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) - 10 files

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