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Alternative name: Margaret's Hummingbird

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Lampornis amethystinus

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies^[1]

• L. a. amethystinus:

• Mountains of eastern Mexico (Nayarit to southern Tamaulipas and eastern Oaxaca)

• L. a. salvini:

• Highlands of southern Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala, El Salvador

• L. a. nobilis:

• Highlands of Honduras

• L. a. margaritae:

• Mountains of south-western Mexico (Michoacan, Guerrero and western Oaxaca)

In addition, L. a. circumventus and L. a. brevirostris are recognised by some authors^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

The diet includes flowers of the Ipomoea hederifolia.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase

• List of references

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