Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis)

Other Names (World)
Purple-throated Carib, Purple Carib, Purple-breasted Carib, Garnet Hummingbird, Red-breasted Hummingbird

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
11.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest. From 800 - 1,200 m.

Range (Guide)

Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles (B), St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines.

Vagrant to Brazil, Grenada, Virgin Islands (U.S.).

Lesser Antilles, from Saba, St Eustatius, St Kitts, Nevis, Antigua and Montserrat through Guadeloupe, Dominica and Martinique to St Lucia and St Vincent.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (1)...)

Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis) [XC407132]
by id from D-Smart Farm, Corona Estate, Corona, Dominica, Dominica (call)

Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis) [XC9464]
by Terry Davis from Quilesse Forest Reserve, east of Soufriere, St. Lucia, St Lucia (call)

Subspecies
Genus closely related to Anthracothorax and Topaza.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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