Kingdom Animalia Order Apodiformes Genus Eulampis Higher classification Eulampis | Phylum Chordata Family Trochilidae Scientific name Eulampis holosericeus Rank Species | |
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Similar Eulampis, Purple‑throated carib, Hummingbird, Bird, Antillean crested hummingbird | ||
Green throated carib eulampis holosericeus in barbados
The green-throated carib (Eulampis holosericeus) is a species of hummingbird in the genus Eulampis, which contains one other species. It has two subspecies, holosericeus and chlorolaemus, the former occurring in Puerto Rico and the latter in Grenada.
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Green throated carib eulampis holosericeus in barbados
Distribution & habitat
It is found in the Caribbean islands and Lesser Antilles, locations including Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, the British Virgin Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Its natural habitat is semi-deciduous forests and rainforests. It will also occupy open spaces such as parks and cultivated fields.
Description
The green-throated carib is a large hummingbird. Adult females have some feathers orange to light green below the peak, while adult males have light green in greater proportion. Also the tail in adult females is dark red-brown with tips ending in white, the tail of the male is dark blue. Both females and males have an intense blue band on the chest, belly of both are dark green-blue. The back of both is green with golden tones.
Behavior
Its vocalizations consist of a sharp "chup" or "tsip", which it repeats when alarmed It also produces nonvocal sounds with its wings.
