Green-throated Mountaingem

The green-throated mountaingem or green-throated mountain-gem (Lampornis viridipallens) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Lampornithini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. == Taxonomy and systematics == The green-throated mountaingem has sometimes been considered conspecific with its close relative the green-breasted mountaingem (Lampornis sybillae). It has these four subspecies: L. v. amadoni Rowley, JS (1968) L. v. ovandensis Brodkorb (1939) L. v. viridipallens Bourcier & Mulsant (1846) L. v. nubivagus Dickey & Van Rossem (1929) Subspecies L. v. ovandensis differs very little from the nominate L. v. viridipallens and might better be merged with it. == Description == The green-throated mountaingem is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs about 5.4 g (0.19 oz). Both sexes of all subspecies have a straight black bill, a white stripe behind the eye above a dark cheek, and a slightly forked tail. Adult males of the nominate subspecies have green upperparts with a bronzy rump and bluish black uppertail coverts. Their central tail feathers are black and the rest pale gray. Their throat is white with bluish green spots, their breast white, their belly grayish with green spots on the sides and…