Garnet-throated Hummingbird (Lamprolaima rhami)

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11 - 12 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1838)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From sea-level - 1,200 - 3,000 m, occasionally 1,100 - 3,100 m.

Range (Guide)

El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico.

Central and southern Mexico (Guerrero, Puebla and western Veracruz south through Oaxaca to Chiapas) south to Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.

Population
Estimated population is 20,000 - 49,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Garnet-throated Hummingbird (Lamprolaima rhami) [XC445417]
by id from Parque Regional Municipal (Astillero De San Marcos), San Marcos, Guatemala (call, feeding call)

Garnet-throated Hummingbird (Lamprolaima rhami) [XC398905]
by Knut Eisermann from 3.5 km southwest of La Esperanza, Oaxaca, Mexico (call)

Subspecies
Possibly belongs in Basilinna.

Proposed subspecies occidentalis (Guerrero) and saturatior (Honduras and northern El Salvador) based on colour and size variation, but both patterns are either age-dependent or clinal in character and thus unsuitable criteria for subspecific recognition.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

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