Green-throated Mountain-gem

About the Green-throated Mountain-gem

The green-throated mountaingem or green-throated mountain-gem (Lampornis viridipallens) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.

The green-throated mountaingem has sometimes been considered conspecific with its close relative the green-breasted mountaingem (Lampornis sybillae). It has these four subspecies: L. v. amadoni Rowley, JS (1968) L. v. ovandensis Brodkorb (1939)

L. v. viridipallens Bourcier & Mulsant (1846) L. v. nubivagus Dickey & Van Rossem (1929) Subspecies L. v. ovandensis differs very little from the nominate L. v. viridipallens and might better be merged with it. The green-throated mountaingem is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 5.4 g (0.19 oz). Both sexes of all subspecies have a straight black bill, a white stripe behind the eye above a dark cheek, and a slightly forked tail.

Adult males of the nominate subspecies have green upperparts with a bronzy rump and bluish black uppertail coverts. Their central tail feathers are black and the rest pale gray. Their throat is white with bluish green spots, their breast... Wikipedia →