Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis) - HBW 5, p. 563
French: Colibri madère
German: Purpurkehlkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Caribeño Gorgimorado
Other common names: Purple/Purple-breasted Carib, Garnet/Red-breasted Hummingbird
Taxonomy: Trochilus jugularis Linnaeus, 1766, Cayenne and Surinam; error = Lesser Antilles.
Genus closely related to Anthracothorax and Topaza. Monotypic.
Distribution: Lesser Antilles, from Saba, St Eustatius, St Kitts, Nevis, Antigua and Montserrat through Guadeloupe, Dominica and Martinique to St Lucia and St Vincent.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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a male perched on a bare limb inside secondary growth Locality Dominica
DAVID ASCANIO 17 April 2011 21 weeks ago 23 sec 4.3 -
a male perched in a shady area of the national park Locality Guadeloupe
DAVID ASCANIO 21 February 2010 1 year ago 17 sec 4.3 -
Bird feeding from Salvia flowers Locality Dominica
Joe Angseesing 14 November 2005 2 years ago 44 sec 4.2
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Comparison male bill vs. female bill
Locality Guadeloupe (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 29 December 2001 2 years ago 4 -
Male
Locality Guadeloupe (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 30 December 2001 2 years ago 4 -
Male
Locality Guadeloupe (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 29 December 2001 2 years ago 4 -
Male sticking out its tongue
Locality Guadeloupe (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 29 December 2001 2 years ago 4 -
In flight, the forked tail
Locality Guadeloupe (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 29 December 2001 2 years ago 4 -
Male hovering in front of a flower
Locality Guadeloupe (Monotypic species)
Alain Fossé 29 November 2001 2 years ago 3.8
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