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Apodiformes / Trochilidae / Lampornis

Purple-throated Mountaingem

Lampornis calolaemus

IUCN: Least Concern

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ptmgem) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.

Taxonomy

Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Lampornis

Subspecies (3)

Lampornis calolaemus calolaemus

mountains of Costa Rica and west-central Panama
Lampornis calolaemus homogenes

Pacific slope of far southern Costa Rica and western Panama
Lampornis calolaemus pectoralis

mountains of Nicaragua and northwestern Costa Rica

Data Sources

AviList 2025 eBird (ptmgem) Avibase

Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.