Purple-throated carib
| Purple-throated carib | |
|---|---|
| Purple-throated carib in Morne Diablotins National Park, Dominica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Eulampis |
| Species: | E. jugularis |
| Binomial name | |
| Eulampis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1766) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trochilus jugularis Linnaeus, 1766 | |
The purple-throated carib (Eulampis jugularis) is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae. It is resident on most of the islands of the Lesser Antilles and has occurred as a vagrant both further north and south.