Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Apodiformes > Trochilidae > Eulampis > Eulampis jugularisEulampis jugularis (Purple-throated Carib)Synonyms: Trochilus jugularis The purple-throated carib (Eulampis jugularis) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It breeds on Antigua, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Sint Eustatius. It has occurred as a vagrant in Barbados, Barbuda, Grenada and the Virgin Islands. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and open spaces. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 4.55325 EDGE Score: 1.71438 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 9 grams |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Nectarivore | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 10 % | | Diet - Nectar [2] | 90 % | | Forages - Aerial [2] | 10 % | | Forages - Canopy [2] | 70 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 20 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 2 | | Incubation [3] | 18 days |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Caribbean shrublands |
France, United Kingdom, Dominica, St. Lucia, Netherlands |
Neotropic |
Deserts and Xeric Shrublands |
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Leeward Islands moist forests |
St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Lesser Antillean dry forests |
Grenada, St. Lucia |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Windward Islands moist forests |
Martinique, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Neotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bethesda Dam |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A2, A4i |
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Botanic Gardens Natural Landmark |
St Vincent and the Grenadines |
A2 |
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Centre Hills |
Montserrat (to UK) |
A1, A2 |
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Christian Valley |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A2 |
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Colonarie Forest Reserve |
St Vincent and the Grenadines |
A1, A2 |
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Cumberland Forest Reserve |
St Vincent and the Grenadines |
A1, A2 |
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Dalaway Forest Reserve |
St Vincent and the Grenadines |
A1, A2 |
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Fitches Creek Bay |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A2, A4i |
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Forestry massif of Basse-Terre island |
Guadeloupe (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Forêts du Nord et de la Montagne Pelée |
Martinique (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Government Forest Reserve |
St Lucia |
A1, A2 |
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Grand Macabou |
Martinique (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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îlets de la Petite-Terre |
Guadeloupe (to France) |
A2, B4i |
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Kingstown Forest Reserve |
St Vincent and the Grenadines |
A1, A2 |
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La Soufrière National Park |
St Vincent and the Grenadines |
A1, A2 |
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Mandele Dry Forest |
St Lucia |
A1, A2, B4i |
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Mangrove de Fort de France |
Martinique (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Massif forestier entre Le Diamant et les Trois-Îlets |
Martinique (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Morne Diablotin National Park |
Dominica |
A1, A2 |
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Morne Trois Pitons National Park |
Dominica |
A1, A2 |
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Mount Pleasant Forest Reserve |
St Vincent and the Grenadines |
A1, A2 |
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North-east coast |
St Lucia |
A1, A2, B4i, B4ii |
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Northern Forested Ghauts |
Montserrat (to UK) |
A1, A2 |
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Pic Paradis |
St Martin (to France) |
A2 |
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Pitons du Carbet |
Martinique (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Pitons Management Area |
St Lucia |
A1, A2, B4i |
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Pointe des Châteaux |
Guadeloupe (to France) |
A2, A4ii, B4i |
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Potworks Dam |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A2, A4i, B4i |
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Presqu'île de la Caravelle |
Martinique (to France) |
A1, A2 |
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Richmond Forest Reserve |
St Vincent and the Grenadines |
A1, A2 |
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Saba |
Netherlands Antilles |
A2, A4ii, B4ii |
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St. Kitts Central Forest Reserve |
St Kitts and Nevis |
A2 |
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The Quill, Sint Eustatius |
Netherlands Antilles |
A2 |
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Valley Church Bay |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A2, B4i |
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Wallings Forest |
Antigua and Barbuda |
A1, A2 |
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Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Caribbean Islands |
Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent And The Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks And Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands - British, Virgin Islands - U.S. |
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 Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ♦ 4Planthummingbird interactions in the West Indies: floral specialisation gradients associated with environment and hummingbird size, Bo Dalsgaard, Ana M. Martín González, Jens M. Olesen, Jeff Ollerton, Allan Timmermann, Laila H. Andersen, Adrianne G. Tossas, Oecologia
Volume 159, Number 4, 757-766 (2009) Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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