Alternative names: Margaret's Hummingbird; Amethyst-throated Mountaingem; Amethyst-throated Hummingbird
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- Lampornis amethystinus
Identification
11·5–12·5 cm
- Black bill, slightly decurved
- Dark green crown and back
- Underside dark brown to grey
- Tail dark with pale grey tips to outer rectrices
- Stripe down from eye is dark grey
- Postocular stripe whitish
- Male has rosy-pink gorget which to the rear is bordered by buffy to whitish malar stripe
- Female has throat area buffy
Distribution
Central America: found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras
Taxonomy
Subspecies
There are 5 subspecies[1]
- L. a. amethystinus:
- Mountains of eastern Mexico (Nayarit to southern Tamaulipas to Veracruz and eastern Oaxaca)
- L. a. circumventus
- Southern Mexico (western Sierra de Miahuatlán, in southwestern Oaxaca)
- L. a. salvini:
- Highlands of southern Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala and El Salvador
- L. a. nobilis:
- Highlands of Honduras
- L. a. margaritae:
In addition, L. a. brevirostris is recognised by some authors[2]
Habitat
Moist montanes.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes nectar from a variety of flowers.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- Fagan, J & O Komar 2016. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, New York, New York, USA. ISBN 978-0-544-37326-6
- Avibase
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2025) Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 3 May 2025 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Amethyst-throated_Mountain-gem
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.
