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The Blue-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis clemenciae) is the largest hummingbird regularly occurring in the United States, found in shaded canyon streams of the southwestern borderlands.
Amethyst-throated Hummingbird (Lampornis amethystinus) inhabits montane forests from central Mexico to Honduras, where males bear a bright amethyst-purple throat patch.
Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) is a highland hummingbird of Costa Rica and western Panama, where males display a vivid purple-violet gorget.
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.
