Garnet-throated Hummingbird
Lamprolaima rhami(Lesson, RP, 1839)
English (US) Garnet-throated Hummingbird
The Garnet-throated Hummingbird (Lamprolaima rhami) 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: mountains of southern Mexico to Guatemala, El Salvador, and HondurasRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Lamprolaima rhami
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Garnet-throated Hummingbird
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1839)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Ornismya Rhami
- Described by
- (Lesson, RP, 1839)
- Type locality
- Mexico.
- Original description
- Revue Zoologique, par la Société Cuvierienne 1(1838) p.315
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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