Purple-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis calolaemus) [XC94689]
by Brendan Sloan from Cerro Colorado, Comarca Ngobe-Bugle (formerly Chiriqui province), Panama (call)
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)
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).
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).