(similar species) |
(typo) |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
====Similar species==== | ====Similar species==== | ||
| − | [[White-throated Mountain- | + | [[White-throated Mountain-gem]]: female can probably not be safely separated in the field within Panama, but in [[Costa Rica]], the local subspecies of White+thoated MG has a paler, grayish tail in both sexes. |
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
[[Nicaragua]] to [[Panama]] | [[Nicaragua]] to [[Panama]] | ||
Revision as of 01:16, 16 March 2019
|
This article is incomplete. This article is missing one or more sections. You can help the BirdForum Opus by expanding it. |
|
- Lampornis calolaemus
Alternative name(s): Purple-throated Mountaingem
Identification
Similar species
White-throated Mountain-gem: female can probably not be safely separated in the field within Panama, but in Costa Rica, the local subspecies of White+thoated MG has a paler, grayish tail in both sexes.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Two subspecies are recognized, calolaemus and pectoralis; the scientific name has sometimes been given as Lampornis calolaema. Purple-throated Mountain-gem has in the past been placed in genus Oreopyra. Some authorities consider Purple-throated Mountain-gem a part of White-throated Mountain-gem.
Habitat
Cloud forest.
Behaviour
External Links
