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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\u00a9 Peter-Paul Schets<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Birdfinding.info \u21d2\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> The commonest hummingbird across most of its range, especially at low elevations.\u00a0 Most visitors to the Virgin Islands and Lesser Antilles will find it with no effort, often in the gardens of their hotels.\u00a0 On Puerto Rico, it is fairly common in eastern coastal lowlands west to San Juan on the north coast and to Guayama on the south coast.\u00a0 Consistent sites include Fajardo and Humacao Natural Reserve.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Eulampis holosericeus<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Family: Trochilidae<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Endemic to islands of the eastern Caribbean<\/strong>, from Puerto Rico east and south to Barbados and Grenada. \u00a0Occurs in a wide variety of habits, including humid and dry forests, open woodlands, scrub, and urban gardens.<\/p> Over the course of many decades, the Green-throated Carib has gradually expanded westward across the Virgin Islands, Vieques, Culebra, and the coastal lowlands of Puerto Rico, apparently displacing the Puerto Rican Mango.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Identification<\/strong><\/span><\/p> A medium-to-large hummingbird with a decurved bill.\u00a0 Mostly green overall, with a black belly, blue-black tail, blue crescent on the chest, and bluish highlights on rump and vent.<\/p> In good light, the green throat and blue crescent on the chest gleam vividly, and the upperparts vary from green to coppery on the back and shoulders, and turquoise on the rump.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib.\u00a0 (Humacao Natural Reserve, Puerto Rico; January 26, 2008.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Patrick V.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib, showing mostly green upperparts, with a resemblance to Green Mango\u2014and identified as such by the photographer.\u00a0 (El Morro, Old San Juan, Puerto Rico; November 1, 2002.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Kathryn Hart<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib, showing coppery and blue highlights on its upperparts.\u00a0 (St. Peter Mountain, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; July 13, 2013.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Tom Kaestner<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib.\u00a0 (Parque Central, San Juan, Puerto Rico; February 3, 2010.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Steve Metz<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib, showing the characteristic blue crescent on its chest.\u00a0 (Morne Diablotin National Park, Dominica; October 23, 2009.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Tom Murray<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib.\u00a0 (Soufri\u00e8re, St. Lucia; December 23, 2016.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Knut Hansen<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib, showing coppery and blue highlights on its upperparts.\u00a0 (Ffreyes Beach, Antigua; December 9, 2014.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Ronsphotos<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib, appearing mostly dark green in this lighting.\u00a0 (Fort James Beach, Antigua; April 17, 2018.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Harold Moses<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib, appearing multicolored in this lighting.\u00a0 (Puerto Rico; April 17, 2016.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Ernesto Burgos<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib, with background of bougainvillea blossoms.\u00a0 (Vieques; March 19, 2012.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Paul A. Guris<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib, showing coppery and blue highlights on its upperparts.\u00a0 (St. Maarten; March 24, 2017.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Chris de Visser<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t Green-throated Carib, showing mostly greenish upperparts.\u00a0 (Luquillo, Puerto Rico; October 20, 2017.)\u00a0 \u00a9 Carmen R. Mojico Rosario<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/birdfinding.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Green-throatedCarib12.jpg\")
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![\u00a9 Philippe Boissel<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCf. Purple-throated Carib<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0 From Saba to Grenada, the two caribs regularly occur together.\u00a0 They are of similar size and shape, so can easily be confused under poor lighting conditions.\u00a0 In decent lighting, their coloration appears entirely different.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCf. Green Mango<\/a>.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>Under some conditions, Green-throated Carib and Green Mango can appear very similar.\u00a0 They regularly occur within a few miles of each other in eastern Puerto Rico, but are rarely found at the same locations due to their differing habitat preferences\u2014with the mango occupying more humid habitats at higher elevations.<\/p>The carib has a more strongly curved bill and usually shows distinctive color contrasts on the underparts: bright green on the throat and upper breast, a bluish breastband, blue-green rump, and blackish lower breast and belly.\u00a0 However, these contrasts can be inconspicuous at times and Green Mango sometimes also shows bluish highlights and a dark belly.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCf. Puerto Rican Mango.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> Green-throated Carib appears to be displacing Puerto Rican Mango from eastern Puerto Rico and Culebra, and has likely already replaced it on Vieques and the Virgin Islands.\u00a0 The carib is similar to the mango, but it has a more strongly curved bill, the green of its throat extends farther onto the breast, and its tail is blue-black rather than coppery.\u00a0 The main areas of range overlap are the San Juan area and the eastern lowlands, but the two species could potentially occur together anywhere on Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNotes<\/strong><\/span><\/p>Polytypic species consisting of two recognized subspecies: chlorolaemus<\/em> on Grenada and holosericeus<\/em> elsewhere.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tReferences<\/strong><\/span><\/p>eBird. 2019. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, N.Y. http:\/\/www.ebird.org<\/a>. (Accessed April 27, 2019.)<\/p>Farnsworth, A. 2009. Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus<\/em>), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online<\/em> (T.S. Schulenberg, ed.). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, N.Y. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2173\/nb.grtcar1.01<\/a>.<\/p>Fogden, M., M. Taylor, and S.L. Williamson. 2014. Hummingbirds: A Life-size Guide to Every Species<\/em>. HarperCollins, New York.<\/p>Raffaele, H. 1989. A Guide to the Birds of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands<\/em>. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.<\/p>Raffaele, H., J. Wiley, O. Garrido, A. Keith, and J. Raffaele. 1998. A Guide to the Birds of the West Indies<\/em>. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a9 Peter-Paul Schets Birdfinding.info \u21d2\u00a0 The commonest hummingbird across most of its range, especially at low elevations.\u00a0 Most visitors to the Virgin Islands and Lesser Antilles will find it with no effort, often in the gardens of their hotels.\u00a0 On Puerto Rico, it is fairly common in eastern coastal lowlands west to San Juan on 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