Purple-throated Carib
Eulampis jugularis(Linnaeus, C, 1766)
English (US) Purple-throated Carib
The Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: montane forest of Lesser AntillesRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Eulampis jugularis
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Purple-throated Carib
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus jugularis
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1766)
- Type locality
- Cayenne, Surinam; error = Lesser Antilles.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1] p.190
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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