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Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem
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Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem
Lampornis amethystinus
The amethyst-throated mountaingem or amethyst-throated hummingbird (Lampornis amethystinus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. One confirmed sighting of a male Amethyst-throated hummingbird had occurred in West Texas by Cornell Lab of Orthinology on one of their online live webcams on October 15, 2016.
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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 5821.