Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus) | Photos and ID

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Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus), photo 4 — Photo: chrisdt · CC BY 4.0

Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus), photo 5 — Photo: Derek Duplessis · CC BY 4.0

Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus), photo 10 — Photo: chrisdt · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The green-throated carib is a large hummingbird, 10.5 to 12 cm (4.1 to 4.7 in) long. Both sexes have a bright green back, though the female's is duller, and a bright green gorget. The male's gorget has a blue border that is usually not apparent. Males and females have a black belly, a green vent area, and a dark blue tail that appears black in poor light. The underparts of subspecies E. h. chlorolaemus are somewhat darker than those of the nominate. Males have a medium length slightly decurved bill; the female's is longer and more strongly curved. The calls include a sharp chup! or chuwp!.

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When to see the Green-throated Carib

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Green-throated Carib

Regular rangeRare visitor

The map shades 17 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Puerto Rico Guadeloupe U.S. Virgin Islands St. Lucia Barbados Antigua & Barbuda Grenada Dominica Martinique Anguilla St. Vincent & Grenadines British Virgin Islands St. Kitts & Nevis Montserrat St. Martin Caribbean Netherlands St. Barthélemy

Recorded as a rare visitor in United States.

About the Green-throated Carib

The green-throated carib is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae. It is found in Puerto Rico and most of the Lesser Antilles.

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Easily confused with

Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularisThe purple-throated carib is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long.

Side by side: Green-throated Carib vs Purple-throated Carib

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