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title: "Purple-throated Mountain-gem"
description: "Lampornis calolaemus — Vogels. The purple-throated mountaingem (Lampornis calolaemus) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/purple-throated-mountain-gem
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purple-throated Mountain-gem

> Lampornis calolaemus — Vogels. The purple-throated mountaingem (Lampornis calolaemus) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae.

- Scientific name: *Lampornis calolaemus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 2839
- Wikidata: [Q838353](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q838353)
- iNaturalist taxon: [5840](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/5840)

## Names

- en: Purple-throated Mountain-gem
- de: Purpurkehlnymphe
- es: Colibrí gorjipúrpura
- fr: Colibri à gorge pourprée
- pl: Malachicik purpurowogardły

## Countries with the most observations

CR (2546), PA (42), NI (32)

## Summary

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.

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

## Photo

![Purple-throated Mountain-gem](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-throated-mountain-gem/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/199164024

## Machine access

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