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Mountain-gems

Lampornis

The mountaingems are the Lampornis genus of hummingbirds which inhabit mountainous regions from the southwestern United States to the Isthmus of Panama.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Blue-throated Mountain-gem

speciesLampornis clemenciae

Purple-throated Mountain-gem

speciesLampornis calolaemus

White-throated Mountain-gem

speciesLampornis castaneoventris

Green-throated Mountain-gem

speciesLampornis viridipallens

Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem

speciesLampornis amethystinus

Green-breasted Mountain-gem

speciesLampornis sybillae

White-bellied Mountain-gem

speciesLampornis hemileucus

Lampornis calolaemus × castaneoventris

hybridLampornis calolaemus × castaneoventris

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 5820.