The Garnet-throated Hummingbird has a bright pink throat and violet chest in adult males; females have dark grey underparts. It inhabits highland forests from Mexico to Honduras.
Adult males have a dark green crown and back, reddish wings, a bright pink throat, and a violet chest. Females have dark grey underparts and may show a few pink throat feathers. Juveniles resemble females but have darker underparts and blue mottling on the chest.
Adults feed and perch at both low and high levels in the forest and make sudden, conspicuous flights. Reported abundance ranges from very common to uncommon depending on the locality.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.