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Blue-throated Mountaingem

Lampornis clemenciae (Lesson, RP 1830)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae Manuel Grosselet 2018-05-29 Lomas de Bezares Miguel Hidalgo Mexico city, Estado de México (Mexico) (2500 m) male, song -

Wildtronics mono amplified Tascam DR05 Audacity normalized -2 db y Aufilter

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

417548
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2015-06-02 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) chase calls, song -

up to three males in chases inside juniper of dominant male, who gave seep songs in between; I believe the sound at 0:20.8 is a rapid wing movement by a Blue-throated; second recording of these birds on this date

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

321723
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae clemenciae Manuel Grosselet 2023-06-11 Lomas de Bezares Miguel Hidalgo Mexico city, Naucalpan de Juárez (Mexico) (2500 m) song - [also] [sono] 808381
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2020-05-25 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) adult, male, song -

from a perch about 8 m up in a tree; radio static song, interval shortened by five minutes at 1:05, and after 2:15, a chase of another Blue-throated with seeps and distant chips; interval shortened by several minutes at 2:15, with one more segment of radio static song then long seep songs; one of my better recordings of radio static song;

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

608771
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountain-gem - Lampornis clemenciae manuel grosselet 2022-07-13 , Miguel Hidalgo (Mexico)   -   467201821
macaulaylibrary.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2015-06-18 Cave Creek Canyon, Main Fork, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1500 m) song -

seep song from a willow thicket along the edge of Cave Creek

playback-used:no

321726
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2009-05-23 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) seep song -

playback-used:no

132530
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2012-06-15 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) seep song -

what we call the 'seep song'; arguably a series of calls, but it seems like it must have a song-like function; 2nd recording of this individual on this date (most of my Portal recordings over several years may be of just one individual); song most often given early or late, but intermittently through the day as well

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

132515
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2012-10-12 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) call, interaction calls -

calls of birds interacting (but not really fighting) at a feeder

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

132496
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2016-05-08 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) interaction calls, radio static song, seep song -

seep song by dominant male, interactions among males coming to his manzanita thicket, interacting with each other and/or the singing bird; radio static song by dominant male after 2:21

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

324504
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae Sue Riffe 2022-11-21 El Punto, Nuevo Zoquiápam, Oaxaca, Ixtlán (Mexico) (2900 m) call -

Natural vocalization of high upslurred call notes

772126
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2013-04-24 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) call -

a few squeaks hovering near a feeder

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

132696
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2006-01-28 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) seep song -

unusual recording for involving song in winter (a resident bird)

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

132519
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2012-08-27 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) fight flight rattle -

a 'warn off' rattle given in flight in a fight near a feeder

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

132500
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountain-gem - Lampornis clemenciae Andrew Core 2015-06-22 , Pima (United States)   -   610718856
macaulaylibrary.org
Blue-throated Mountain-gem - Lampornis clemenciae Miguel Aguilar @birdnomad 2021-08-29 Campamento de González, Milpa Alta, Ciudad de México, MX (19.107, -99.122), Milpa Alta, Ciudad de México, Mexico, Tlalpan (Mexico)   -   388874751
macaulaylibrary.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2011-05-18 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) call -

hard chip call

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

132468
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae clemenciae Manuel Grosselet 2016-05-01 Lomas de Bezares Miguel Hidalgo Mexico city, Estado de México (Mexico) (2500 m) male, song -

wildtronics

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

314419
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountain-gem - Lampornis clemenciae David Chernack 2023-08-06 , Pima (United States)   -   612227776
macaulaylibrary.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2015-06-02 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) interaction calls, song -

dominant male giving seep song inside standard seep-song clump of junipers, with up to five, usually three or four, males then having face-offs followed by chases, hovering inside the clump and giving sweet chirps, at times going up to 10m up into the sky as part of the chase; a daily event, usually after the dawn seep song period; interval shortened at 4:05

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

321727
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2012-06-24 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) seep song -

what we call the 'seep song'; arguably a series of calls, but it seems like it must have a song-like function; divided cut, this the second part

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

132509
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2016-05-08 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) radio static song -

male 1.5m up on the edge of manzanita clump giving 'radio static' song from its perch; this is the clump where it gives seep song and 'hold courts' with other males coming to the clump and many chasing interactions before sunrise

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

324498
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Mountaingem - Lampornis clemenciae bessophilus Richard E. Webster 2011-05-13 Portal, Arizona, Cochise (United States) (1400 m) call -

regular seep calls in flight

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

132463
xeno-canto.org
Blue-throated Hummingbird - Lampornis clemenciae Will Anderson 2019-05-13 Portal--Cave Creek Ranch, Cochise, Arizona, United States, Cochise (United States)   -   159160511
macaulaylibrary.org
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