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Purple-throated Mountaingem

Lampornis calolaemus

Photo by Balulo
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Description:

A hummingbird with clear differences between male and female: The male has the urple throat, while the female has the whole chest in orange. Both of them have a white strip behind the eyes.

This is the male.

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Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) - Information on Purple-thr…, Purple-throated Mountaingem, INBio. Species of Costa Rica -Lampornis calolaemus

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