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Purple-throated mountain gem
Lampornis calolaemus
Hummingbirds
(Trochilidae)
♀ is not purple but orange.
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Shiny blue-green back and head, white stripe from eye to neck, dark wings. The ♀ has a copper-orange belly and a somewhat longer beak. The ♂ has a blue-purple throat, green-blue belly and grey tail. Due to the larger beak the ♀chooses larger flowers. ♂ is dominant and defends its flowers fiercely towards other hummingbirds. ⇔ l. 10-11 cm
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Purple-throated mountain gem
Purperkeeljuweelkolibrie
Purpurkehl Nymphe
Colibri à gorge pourprée
Orogemma golaviola
Colibrí gorjipúrpura
Lampornis calolaemus [L.]
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