Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Lampornis
 
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SPECIES

Green-breasted Mountain-gem Lampornis sybillae

John van Dort
Version: 1.0 — Published January 19, 2011

Distribution

Distribution in the Americas

Occurs in the mountains of eastern Honduras and northwestern Nicaragua (Monroe 1968, Howell and Webb 1995). Elevational range 1400–2200 m (Howell and Webb 1995), although occasionally also found at lower elevations according to Bonta and Anderson (2002), who give 750– 2400 m as elevational range.

Distribution outside the Americas

Endemic to northern Central America.

Habitat

Humid evergreen and pine-evergreen forest and edge (Howell & Webb 1995). Common in transitional pine-oak/cloud forest. Seasonal altitudinal movements likely, based on strong seasonal differences in capture rates at a bird monitoring site in Honduras (Reserva Biológica Monte Uyuca, pers. obs.).

Historical changes

No information.

Fossil history

No information.

Distribution of the Green-breasted Mountain-gem - Range Map
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  • Year-round
  • Migration
  • Breeding
  • Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Green-breasted Mountain-gem

Recommended Citation

van Dort, J. (2011). Green-breasted Mountain-gem (Lampornis sybillae), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.gbmgem1.01