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The Blue-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis clemenciae) is the largest hummingbird that regularly occurs in the United States, found in montane canyons of the southwestern borderlands and northern Mexico. The male is distinguished by its blue throat, while the female has a grey throat and distinctive...
The amethyst-throated mountaingem, Lampornis amethystinus, is a medium-sized hummingbird of montane forests from Mexico through Guatemala to Honduras. Adult males are distinguished by an iridescent amethyst or reddish-purple throat patch, while females have a less colorful throat and more subdued pl...
The Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) is a medium-sized hummingbird of humid highland forests in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and western Panama. Adult males are identified by a vivid violet-purple gorget, dark head, and green upperparts, while females lack the purple throat and have war...
White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis castaneoventris) is a hummingbird largely endemic to the Talamanca highlands of Costa Rica and westernmost Panama.
Green-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis viridipallens) is a cloud-forest hummingbird of the Guatemalan, Honduran, and Salvadoran highlands, the only mountain-gem in that range.
Gray-tailed Mountain-gem (Lampornis cinereicauda) is a hummingbird endemic to the Talamanca range of southern Costa Rica, sometimes treated as a subspecies of the White-throated Mountain-gem.
