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Mountaingem
Mountaingems are a genus of hummingbirds, ''Lampornis,'' which inhabit mountainous regions from the south-western United States to the Isthmus of Panama. These are medium-sized to large (10–13 cm) hummingbirds with shortish slightly curved black bills. The males typically have green upperparts and a brightly coloured throat, which is a dull colour in the female. The females of some species also may differ significantly from the males in other plumage features. The female mountaingem is entirely responsible for nest building and incubation. She lays two white eggs in a deep plant-fibre cup nest. Incubation takes 15–19 days, and fledging another 20–26. The food of this genus is nectar, taken from a variety of small flowers. Like other hummingbirds, mountaingems also takes small insects as an essential source of protein. Systematics 6-8 species have been traditionally recognized, the main point of dispute being whether the southern forms which have fulvous-breasted fema ...
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Purple-throated Mountaingem
The purple-throated mountaingem (''Lampornis calolaemus'') is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The purple-throated mountaingem's taxonomy is somewhat unsettled. As late as 1999 various authors have treated it, the white-throated mountaingem (''L. castaneoventris'') and gray-tailed mountaingem (''L. cinereicauda'') as a single species. Others have kept the purple-throated separate but lumped the other two as a single species.Peters, J. (2020). Purple-throated Mountain-gem (''Lampornis calolaemus''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). ...
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Purple-throated Mountaingem
The purple-throated mountaingem (''Lampornis calolaemus'') is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The purple-throated mountaingem's taxonomy is somewhat unsettled. As late as 1999 various authors have treated it, the white-throated mountaingem (''L. castaneoventris'') and gray-tailed mountaingem (''L. cinereicauda'') as a single species. Others have kept the purple-throated separate but lumped the other two as a single species.Peters, J. (2020). Purple-throated Mountain-gem (''Lampornis calolaemus''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). ...
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Gray-tailed Mountaingem
The grey-tailed mountaingem (''Lampornis cinereicauda''), also variously spelled gray-tailed mountaingem, grey-tailed mountain-gem, or gray-tailed mountain-gem, is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Costa Rica.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The grey-tailed mountaingem is treated as a species by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW). However, the North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society and the Clements taxonomy treat it as a subspecies of the white-throated mountaingem (''Lampornis castaneoventris'').Cle ...
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White-bellied Mountaingem
The white-bellied mountaingem or white-bellied mountain-gem (''Lampornis hemileucus'') is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The white-bellied mountaingem is monotypic. There is some evidence that it does not belong in genus ''Lampornis''.García-Moreno, J., Cortés, N., Garcia-Deras, G.M. and Hernández-Baños, B.E. (2006). Local origin and diversification among ''Lampornis'' hummingbirds: a Mesoamerican taxon. Mol. Phyl. & Evol.. 38(2): 488–498. Description The white-bellied mountaingem is long. Males weigh about and females . Both sexes have a medium-length black b ...
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White-throated Mountaingem
The white-throated mountaingem or white-throated mountain-gem (''Lampornis castaneoventris'') is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Panama.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The white-throated mountaingem is treated as a species by the International Ornithological Committee (IOC) and BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW). However, the North American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society and the Clements taxonomy treat it and the grey-tailed mountaingem (''Lampornis cinereicauda'') as subspecies of what they call the white-throated mountain-gem.Clements, J. F., T. S. Schul ...
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Amethyst-throated Hummingbird
The amethyst-throated mountaingem (''Lampornis amethystinus''), also called amethyst-throated mountain-gem or amethyst-throated hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The amethyst-throated mountaingem has five subspecies: *''L. a. amethystinus'' Swainson (1827) *''L. a. margaritae'' Salvin & Godman (1889) *''L. a. circumventris'' A.R. Phillips (1966) *''L. a. salvini'' Ridgway (1908) *''L. a. nobilis'' Griscom (1932) Description The amethyst-throated mountaingem is long. Males weigh and females . Both sexes of all subspecies ha ...
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Lampornis Amethystinus
The amethyst-throated mountaingem (''Lampornis amethystinus''), also called amethyst-throated mountain-gem or amethyst-throated hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics The amethyst-throated mountaingem has five subspecies: *''L. a. amethystinus'' Swainson (1827) *''L. a. margaritae'' Salvin & Godman (1889) *''L. a. circumventris'' A.R. Phillips (1966) *''L. a. salvini'' Ridgway (1908) *''L. a. nobilis'' Griscom (1932) Description The amethyst-throated mountaingem is long. Males weigh and females . Both sexes of all subspecies hav ...
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Blue-throated Hummingbird
The blue-throated mountaingem, also known as the blue-throated mountain-gem or blue-throated hummingbird (''Lampornis clemenciae'') is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in the United States and Mexico.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics In the 19th century the blue-throated mountaingem was placed several different genera, and in the early 20th century in its own genus ''Cyanolaemus''. Since the mid-1900s it has been in its present genus ''Lampornis''.Williamson, S. L. (2020). Blue-throated Mountain-gem (''Lampornis clemenciae''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, ...
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Blue-throated Mountaingem
The blue-throated mountaingem, also known as the blue-throated mountain-gem or blue-throated hummingbird (''Lampornis clemenciae'') is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in the United States and Mexico.HBW and BirdLife International (2020) ''Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world'' Version 5. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v5_Dec20.zip xls zipped 1 MBretrieved 27 May 2021 Taxonomy and systematics In the 19th century the blue-throated mountaingem was placed several different genera, and in the early 20th century in its own genus ''Cyanolaemus''. Since the mid-1900s it has been in its present genus ''Lampornis''.Williamson, S. L. (2020). Blue-throated Mountain-gem (''Lampornis clemenciae''), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (A. F. Poole and F. B. Gill, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ith ...
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Hummingbird
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With about 361 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but the vast majority of the species are found in the tropics around the equator. They are small birds, with most species measuring in length. The smallest extant hummingbird species is the bee hummingbird, which weighs less than . The largest hummingbird species is the giant hummingbird, weighing . They are specialized for feeding on flower nectar, but all species also consume flying insects or spiders. Hummingbirds split from their sister group, the swifts and treeswifts, around 42 million years ago. The common ancestor of extant hummingbirds is estimated to have lived 22 million years ago in South America. They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings, which flap at high frequencies audible to humans. They hover in mid-air at rapid wing-flapping rate ...
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Mya (unit)
Mya may refer to: Brands and product names * Mya (program), an intelligent personal assistant created by Motorola * Mya (TV channel), an Italian Television channel * Midwest Young Artists, a comprehensive youth music program Codes * Burmese language, ISO 639-3 code is * Moruya Airport's IATA code * The IOC, license plate, and UNDP country code for Myanmar ("MYA") People * Mya (given name) * Mya (singer) (Mya Marie Harrison, born 1979), an American R&B singer-songwriter and actress * Bo Mya (1927–2006), nom de guerre of a Myanmar rebel leader, chief rapist of the Karen National Union Other uses * ''Mýa'' (album), a 1998 album by Mýa * ''Mya'' (bivalve), a genus of soft-shell clams * MYA (unit) for "million years ago", a science-related unit of time used in astronomy, geology and biology See also * A (motor yacht) (M/Y A), a superyacht * Maia (other) * Maya (other) Maya may refer to: Civilizations * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and norther ...
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Eugenes
''Eugenes'' is usually considered a monotypic genus with its sole member the magnificent hummingbird (''E. fulgens''). Species The genus contains two species: References External links * * Bird genera {{hummingbird-stub ...
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