Hummingbirds

Green-throated Carib

Eulampis holosericeus

The Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus) is a 5.7 g town and farmland bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

5.7 g

Habitat

Human Modified

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

18

Recorded in Puerto Rico, GP, VI, Saint Lucia, Barbados, Antigua and Barb., Grenada, Dominica, MQ, AI, SX, St. Vin. and Gren., VG, KN, MF, MS, BQ, BL.

Where to see it: Lilly Bay - Turtle Dove Hill (Anguilla); Estate Belvedere(Private) (United States Virgin Islands); Sainte-Rose - Beauvallon (Guadeloupe); Jardin de Balata (Martinique); Emilio Wilson Park (Sint Maarten (Dutch part)).

Photo: (c) Christoph Moning, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist