Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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Czech | kolibřík fialovohrdlý |
Dutch | Purperkeeljuweelkolibrie |
English | Purple-throated Mountain-gem |
English (United States) | Purple-throated Mountain-gem |
French | Colibri à gorge pourprée |
French (France) | Colibri à gorge pourprée |
German | Purpurkehlnymphe |
Japanese | フジノドシロメジリハチドリ |
Norwegian | purpurstrupejuvel |
Polish | malachicik purpurowogardły |
Russian | Пурпурногорлый солнечник |
Serbian | Ljubičastogrli planinski kolibri |
Slovak | medovec purpurovec |
Spanish | Colibrí Gorjipúrpura |
Spanish (Costa Rica) | Colibrí Montañés Gorgimorado |
Spanish (Panama) | Colibrí Montañés Gorguimorado |
Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí gorjipúrpura |
Swedish | purpurstrupig bergsjuvel |
Turkish | Mor Gerdanlı Dağmücevheri |
Ukrainian | Колібрі-самоцвіт пурпуровогорлий |
Purple-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis calolaemus
Version: 1.0 — Published May 27, 2011
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Priorities for Future Research
Introduction
The Purple-throated Mountain-gem has very broad, plastic dietary preferences and acclimatizes rapidly to accommodate changes in their environment (Feinsinger et al. 1988). Indeed, the population density of this species at a given locality experiences only minor declines with mild, patchy habitat fragmentation (Feinsinger et al. 1987). However, little is known about the reproductive and courtship behavior of the Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Snow 1977). Population density within feeding arenas during the non-breeding season tells us very little about the long-term reproductive success of the population. Perhaps courtship, mating and nesting habitat preferences are less malleable than feeding preferences and are less able to cope with the continual deforestation and human-development taking place in Costa Rica and Panama. Therefore, further research of the reproductive behaviors of the Purple-throated Mountain-gem is essential to future conservation efforts.