White-bellied Mountain-gem

Lampornis hemileucus (Salvin, 1865)

Spanish: Colibrí Gorjivioleta · IOC: White-bellied mountaingem

The White-bellied Mountain-gem (Lampornis hemileucus) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Lampornithini (mountain gems). It weighs about 5.5 g and its bill is 22.9 mm long. It lives in Costa Rica and Panama. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

5.5 g, about 6 paperclips

Bill

22.9 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, stable

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Lampornithini mountain gems
4. Genus Lampornis mountain-gems

What Lampornis share: Live in highland forests from the southwestern United States to Panama.

Where it lives · 2 countries

• Costa Rica
• Panama

Others in the genus Lampornis

• Blue-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis clemenciae
• Purple-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis calolaemus
• Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis amethystinus
• White-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis castaneoventris
• Green-breasted Mountain-gem Lampornis sybillae
• Green-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis viridipallens

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), IOC World Bird List. Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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