White-bellied Mountaingem
Lampornis hemileucus(Salvin, O, 1865)
English (US) White-bellied Mountaingem
The White-bellied Mountaingem (Lampornis hemileucus) 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: Caribbean slope of north-central Costa Rica to western PanamaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lampornis hemileucus
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- White-bellied Mountaingem
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1865)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Oreopyra hemileuca
- Described by
- (Salvin, O, 1865)
- Type locality
- Turrialba and TucurriquĂ, Costa Rica.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1864, pt.3 p.584
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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