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White-throated Mountaingem
Lampornis castaneoventris (Gould, 1851)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
White-throated Mountaingem, Lampornis castaneoventris, is a hummingbird of south Costa Rica and west Panama, where it lives in mountain country. It is a resident bird of oak forest, using the forest interior, the margins and shrubby openings, and it also comes into gardens near woodland. Its range in elevation runs from 1,500 m to timberline. The species was described by Gould in 1851. It is one of the Lampornis mountaingems, and its breeding range is Middle America: s Costa Rica and w Panama.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- Middle America: s Costa Rica and w Panama
