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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
24/05/2024 10:57:21 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Blue-throated Hummingbird*
Id (Atlas):
Lampornis clemenciae
Description (10 )
Blue-throated Hummingbird
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Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
Size
12 - 13.50 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Lesson, 1829)
Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From 1,500 - 3,500 m, occasionally down to 500 m.
Mexico, USA (B).
Population
Estimated population is 2,000,000 (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (128)... )
Listen to XC132516
Blue-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis clemenciae ) [XC132516 ]
by Richard E. Webster from Portal, Arizona, United States (song, seep song)
Listen to XC132457
Blue-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis clemenciae ) [XC132457 ]
by Richard E. Webster from Portal, Arizona, United States (call)
Subspecies
Probably a sister-species of Amethyst-throated Hummingbird (Lampornis amethystinus ). Hybridizes with both Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna ) and Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae ). Differences between subspecies are weak and require more study.
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
bessophilus (Oberholser, 1918) - South-western USA (south-eastern Arizona, southern New Mexico) to north-western Mexico (eastern Sonora, western Chihuahua).
clemenciae (Lesson, 1829) - Southern USA (south-western Texas) and north-east, central and southern Mexico (Sierra Madre Oriental and central plateau south to Oaxaca).
phasmorus Oberholser, 1974 - Chisos Mts. (Texas, USA).
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Blue-throated Hummingbird see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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