Purple-throated Carib Eulampis jugularis

Photo: Martijn Terpstra

Classification

Trochilidae [family]

Eulampis [genus] (2)

Eulampis [genus] (2)

Recorded on	Saba
	Sint Eustatius

Presence status	Indigenous (1) - Saba
	Indigenous (1) - Sint Eustatius

Endemic to	Lesser Antilles

Notes on presence status	This bird might be a very infrequent visitor of St. Maarten according to Macrae et al (2021), but this species has not been recorded yet on this island.

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