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Amethyst-throated Mountaingem
Lampornis amethystinus Swainson, 1827
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Amethyst-throated Mountaingem, Lampornis amethystinus, is a hummingbird of Middle America, breeding from central Mexico south to Honduras. It was described by Swainson in 1827. It lives in the interior and along the margins of montane evergreen and pine-oak forest, and in Mexico it occurs from 900 to 3,000 m. The species has a medium-length straight black bill, dark ear coverts, a pale stripe behind the eye and a broad tail that is slightly forked. Males show a brilliant rosy pink throat patch, while females have a cinnamon throat.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- Middle America: c Mexico to Honduras
