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title: "Purple-throated Carib"
description: "Eulampis jugularis — Uccelli. The purple-throated carib (Eulampis jugularis) is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/purple-throated-carib
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purple-throated Carib

> Eulampis jugularis — Uccelli. The purple-throated carib (Eulampis jugularis) is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae.

- Scientific name: *Eulampis jugularis*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 902
- Wikidata: [Q784919](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q784919)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6430](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6430)

## Names

- en: Purple-throated Carib
- de: Purpurkehlkolibri
- es: Colibrí caribeño gorjimorado
- fr: Colibri madère
- pl: Antylak purpurowy

## Countries with the most observations

MQ (333), GP (176), LC (171), DM (80), KN (15), MS (9), VC (4)

## Summary

The purple-throated carib (Eulampis jugularis) is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae. It is resident on most of the islands of the Lesser Antilles and has occurred as a vagrant both further north and south.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple-throated_carib

## Photo

![Purple-throated Carib](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-throated-carib/medium.jpg)

Photo: Leonel Richard · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/7337343

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/purple-throated-carib?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).