Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Green-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis viridipallens) - HBW 5, p. 609
French: Colibri vert-d’eau
German: Grünkehlnymphe
Spanish: Colibrí Gorgiescamoso
Taxonomy: T[rochilus] viridi-pallens Bourcier and Mulsant, 1846, Cobán, Vera Paz, Guatemala.
Forms a superspecies with L. sybillae, with which has been considered conspecific. Races ovandensis and nubivagus doubtfully valid, as differences weak; perhaps best treated as synonyms of nominate. Proposed race connectens, known by single specimen from N El Salvador, falls within normal range of variation of nominate. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- amadoni Rowley, 1968 - Cerro Baul in Oaxaca (S Mexico); known only from type locality.
- ovandensis (Brodkorb, 1939) - highlands of S Mexico (Chiapas) and NW Guatemala.
- viridipallens (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) - highlands of Guatemala, extreme N El Salvador and W Honduras.
- nubivagus Dickey & van Rossem, 1929 - El Salvador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird perched, changing its position. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp ovandensis)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 35 sec 4.3 -
A bird feeding on nectar. Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp ovandensis)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 36 sec 3
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A dorsal view of a bird perched.
Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp ovandensis)
Josep del Hoyo 29 March 2009 2 years ago 4
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A bird calling at dawn Locality El Triunfo Camp, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve, Chiapas State, Mexico (Southern)
monicayhector 9 December 1993 2 years ago 2
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