Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis amethystinus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (5)
Rachel Edmunds, Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, and Carlos A. Soberanes-González
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 8, 2011
Text last updated July 8, 2011
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí de gorja ametista |
| Czech | kolibřík ametystohrdlý |
| Dutch | Groene Juweelkolibrie |
| English | Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem |
| English (United States) | Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem |
| French | Colibri à gorge améthyste |
| French (France) | Colibri à gorge améthyste |
| German | Rotkehlnymphe |
| Japanese | ノドムラサキシロメジリハチドリ |
| Norwegian | amestyststrupejuvel |
| Polish | malachicik ametystowy |
| Russian | Аметистовогорлый солнечник |
| Serbian | Ametistni planinski kolibri |
| Slovak | medovec ametystový |
| Spanish | Colibrí Amatistino |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Colibrí Garganta Amatista |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Colibrí Garganta Amatista |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí amatistino |
| Swedish | ametiststrupig bergsjuvel |
| Turkish | Ametist Dağmücevheri |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-самоцвіт аметистовогорлий |
Lampornis amethystinus Swainson, 1827
PROTONYM:
Lampornis amethystinus
Swainson, 1827. The Philosophical Magazine, New Series n.s., 1, p.442.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Temescaltepec and Real del Monte, Mexico.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- LAMPORNIS
- amethystina / amethystinus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
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Distribution of the Amethyst-throated Hummingbird
