Birds of Mexico

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Lampornis (3 species, 8 worldwide)


Amethyst-throated Mountaingem
Amethyst-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis amethystinus amethystinus) Male
Volcán de Fuego, Jalisco, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.

Amethyst-throated Mountaingem
Amethyst-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis amethystinus salvini) Female
San Cristóbal-Tzomtehuitz road, Chiapas, Mexico  
   
Photograph by Tropical Birding (Nick Athanas)   © All Rights Reserved.


Blue-throated Mountaingem
Blue-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis clemenciae)
Arizona, United States  
   
Photograph by Julio Mulero     Copyright and usage info


Green-throated Mountaingem
Green-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis viridipallens)
Tacana, Mexico
  The green scales on the throat are spaced apart.
   
Photograph by Bradley Hacker   © All Rights Reserved.



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