Lamprolaima rhami
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The garnet-throated hummingbird (Lamprolaima rhami) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. The garnet-throated hummingbird is the only member of genus Lamprolaima, a name which is a combination of two Greek words: lampros, meaning brilliant or radiant and laimos, meaning throat. The specific epithet commemorates Henry Casimir de Rham Jr., an American naturalist and son of the Swiss diplomat Henry Casimir de Rham.
The garnet-throated hummingbird is 12 to 12.4 cm (4.7 to 4.9 in) long and weighs 5.6 to 7.1 g (0.20 to 0.25 oz). Both sexes have a short, straight, black bill. The adult male's upperparts are iridescent green. Much of the face is black, with a small white spot behind the eye. The gorget is shining rosy pink and the breast iridescent violet-blue. The rest of the underparts are blackish with mottled green flanks. The wings are rufous with dark brown tips to the feathers. The tail is dark purple with gray tips on the outer feathers. The adult female also has iridescent green upperparts. The underparts are dusky gray, usually with small... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Tigra National Park | 🇭🇳 Honduras |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Garnet-throated Hummingbird sighting in La Tigra National Park on a given day, based on 7 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 160th most-seen of the 176 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, if each day is a fresh chance.
January
In that month about 20% of wildlife watchers report a Garnet-throated Hummingbird in La Tigra National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–October and December, the lowest months. That is one of La Tigra National Park's driest months, with about 50 mm of rain against 260 mm in June.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Garnet-throated Hummingbird sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only La Tigra National Park, in our data
La Tigra National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Garnet-throated Hummingbird sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same family: Trochilidae
The closest relatives of the Garnet-throated Hummingbird that you can see in La Tigra National Park (family Trochilidae, Hummingbirds) are White-eared Hummingbird (about 60%), Green-breasted Mountain-gem (about 30%) and Rivoli's Hummingbird (about 20%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Garnet-throated Hummingbird is recorded against all the birds logged in La Tigra National Park (7 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
