Trochilinae is a subfamily of the hummingbird
familyIn biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
(Trochilidae). Members of the subfamily Trochilinae are sometimes called typical hummingbirds. They typically display iridescent plumage in metallic reds, oranges, greens and/or blues. Strong
sexual dimorphismSexual dimorphism is a phenotypic difference between males and females of the same species. Examples of such differences include differences in morphology, ornamentation, and behavior.-Examples:-Ornamentation / coloration:...
in plumage and size is evident in many species.
Taxonomic list
- Genus Androdon
- Tooth-billed Hummingbird
The Tooth-billed Hummingbird is a species of bird from the family Trochilidae. It is monotypic within the genus Androdon. It is found in humid forests in western Colombia, north-western Ecuador , and far eastern Panama...
, Androdon aequatorialis
- Genus Doryfera
Doryfera is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Blue-fronted Lancebill * Green-fronted Lancebill...
- Green-fronted Lancebill
The Green-fronted Lancebill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
, Doryfera ludovicae
- Blue-fronted Lancebill
The Blue-Fronted Lancebill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela....
, Doryfera johannae
- Genus Phaeochroa
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
The Scaly-breasted Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypic for its genus.-Distribution and habitat:...
, Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Genus Campylopterus – sabrewings (12 species)
- Genus Eupetomena
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
The Swallow-tailed Hummingbird is a species in the hummingbird family , found mainly in east-central South America. Most authorities place it in the monotypic genus Eupetomena, although some place it in Campylopterus based on song and the thick shafts of the males' first primaries...
, Eupetomena macrourus
- Genus Florisuga
The jacobins are two species of hummingbirds in the genus Florisuga.It contains the following species:* White-necked Jacobin * Black Jacobin...
- White-necked Jacobin
The White-necked Jacobin is a large and attractive hummingbird that ranges from Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and south Brazil...
, Florisuga mellivora
- Black Jacobin
The Black Jacobin , previously placed in the monotypic Melanotrochilus, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in or near Atlantic Forest of eastern Brazil, Uruguay, eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina...
, Florisuga fuscus
- Genus Colibri
The violetears are hummingbirds of the genus Colibri. They are medium to large species found in Mexico, and Central and northern South America. The Green Violetear occasionally wanders as far north as the United States and even Canada....
– violet-ears (4 species)
- Genus Anthracothorax
The mangos, Anthracothorax, are a genus of hummingbirds in the subfamily Trochilinae. It contains the following species:*Green-throated Mango, Anthracothorax viridigula*Green-breasted Mango, Anthracothorax prevostii...
- Green-throated Mango
The Green-throated Mango is a hummingbird that breeds from northeastern Venezuela, Trinidad and the Guianas south to northeasterm Brazil. In Brazil, the bird is only found on the narrow Atlantic coastal strip north and south of the Amazon River outlet, and a strip along the river proper, about...
, Anthracothorax viridigula
- Green-breasted Mango
The Green-breasted Mango is a hummingbird from tropical America. The scientific name of this bird commemorates the French naturalist Florent Prévost.- Description :...
, Anthracothorax prevostii
- Black-throated Mango
The Black-throated Mango is a mainly South American hummingbird species.-Description:It is 10.2 cm long and weighs 7.2g. The longish black bill is slightly decurved. The tail in both sexes has dark central feathers, the outer tail being wine-red tipped with black.The male has glossy bright...
, Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Veraguan Mango
The Veraguan Mango is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Panama and recently in Costa Rica ....
, Anthracothorax veraguensis
- Antillean Mango
The Antillean Mango is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Puerto Rico, the British Virgin Islands, and Virgin Islands, U.S.....
, Anthracothorax dominicus
- Green Mango
The Green Mango is a large species of hummingbird endemic to the main island of Puerto Rico and its archipelago. It is usually found in the mountainous regions of the island, often in coffee and other kind of plantations. They usually feed on the nectar found in Heliconia flowers...
, Anthracothorax viridis
- Jamaican Mango
The Jamaican Mango is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is an endemic species of Jamaica, meaning, it is found only on the island of Jamaica and nowhere else in the world....
, Anthracothorax mango
- Genus Avocettula
- Fiery-tailed Awlbill
The Fiery-tailed Awlbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypic for its genus.It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
, Avocettula recurvirostris
- Genus Topaza
The topazes are two species of hummingbirds in the genus Topaza. They are found in humid forests in the Amazon Basin. Males are by far the largest hummingbirds in their range – the Giant Hummingbird of the Andes is the only larger species in the family. Males have a total length of about 22 cm...
- Crimson Topaz
The Crimson Topaz is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
, Topaza pella
- Fiery Topaz
The Fiery Topaz is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
, Topaza pyra
- Genus Eulampis
Eulampis is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Green-throated Carib * Purple-throated Carib...
- Purple-throated Carib
The Purple-throated Carib is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It breeds on Antigua, Dominica, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and Sint Eustatius...
, Eulampis jugularis
- Green-throated Carib
The Green-throated Carib is a species of hummingbird found throughout the Caribbean region.It is found in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, north-east Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint...
, Eulampis holosericeus
- Genus Chrysolampis – Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
- Genus Orthorhyncus
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird
The Antillean Crested Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, north-east Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin,...
, Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Genus Klais
- Violet-headed Hummingbird
The Violet-headed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypic of the genus, Klais.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
, Klais guimeti
- Genus Stephanoxis
The firecrowns are the genus Sephanoides of the hummingbirds. There are two species.*Green-backed Firecrown, Sephanoides sephaniodes *Juan Fernández Firecrown, Sephanoides fernandensis...
- Plovercrest
The Plovercrest or Black-breasted Plovercrest is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only member of the genus Stephanoxis. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former...
, Stephanoxis lalandi
- Genus Abeillia
- Emerald-chinned Hummingbird
The Emerald-chinned Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest....
, Abeillia abeillei
- Genus Lophornis
Lophornis is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. These are all tiny birds, ranking among the smallest hummingbirds. No species exceeds and most are under in total length...
- Tufted Coquette
The Tufted Coquette is a tiny hummingbird that breeds in eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, Guiana and northern Brazil. It is an uncommon but widespread species, which appears to be a local or seasonal migrant, although its movements are not well understood.This small bird inhabits open country,...
, Lophornis ornatus
- Dot-eared Coquette
The Dot-Eared Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia and Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
, Lophornis gouldii
- Frilled Coquette
The Frilled Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Brazil.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest. At 6.8 cm and a weight under 3 grams, this is one of the smallest birds...
, Lophornis magnificus
- Short-crested Coquette
The Short-crested Coquette, Coquette Du Guerrero, Coqueta Cresticorta, or Coqueta De Guerrero is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Mexico....
, Lophornis brachylophus
- Rufous-crested Coquette
The Rufous-Crested Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded...
, Lophornis delattrei
- Spangled Coquette
The Spangled Coquette, Coquette Pailletée, Coqueta Coronada, or Coqueta Lentejuelada is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
, Lophornis stictolophus
- Festive Coquette
The Festive Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in northwestern South America, the region of the western Amazon Basin, in the countries of northwest Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru...
, Lophornis chalybeus
- Peacock Coquette
The Peacock Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest....
, Lophornis pavoninus
- Black-crested Coquette
The Black-Crested Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
, Lophornis helenae
- White-crested Coquette
The White-crested Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
, Lophornis adorabilis
- Genus Discosura
Discosura is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. The thorntails are sometimes placed in the genus Popelairia , leaving Discosura for the Racket-tailed Coquette...
- Wire-crested Thorntail
The Wire-crested Thorntail is a hummingbird which occurs in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.The male of the eastern slopes of the northern Andes, has elongated tail feathers that curve outward and taper from a broad base to a slender tip. The outermost is longest and each successive feather toward the...
, Discosura popelairii
- Black-bellied Thorntail
The Black-bellied Thorntail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
, Discosura langsdorffi
- Coppery Thorntail
Letitia's Thorntail , also known as the Coppery Thorntail, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is only known from two old male specimens from Bolivia...
, Discosura letitiae (possibly extinct)
- Green Thorntail
The Green Thorntail is a small hummingbird that is a resident breeder from Costa Rica to western Ecuador. It occurs at middle elevations from 700-1400 m but may descend lower early in the wet season. In Costa Rica and Panama it is confined to the Caribbean slopes.This is a forest canopy species...
, Discosura conversii
- Racket-tailed Coquette
The Racket-tailed Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela....
, Discosura longicauda
- Genus Trochilus
The Streamertails are hummingbirds in the genus Trochilus that is endemic to Jamaica. It is the type genus of the Trochilidae family. Today most authorities consider the two taxa in this genus as separate species, but some continue to treat them as conspecific, in which case scitulus is a...
- Green-and-black Streamertail
The Red-billed Streamertail , also known as the Doctor Bird, is indigenous to Jamaica, where it is the most abundant and widespread member of the hummingbird family. While most authorities now consider it a separate species, some continue to consider it conspecific with the Black-billed Streamertail...
, Trochilus polytmus
- Black-billed Streamertail
The Black-billed Streamertail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is endemic to eastern Jamaica. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Trochilus polytmus.-References:...
, Trochilus scitulus
- Genus Chlorostilbon
Chlorostilbon is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae, known as emeralds . A single species, the Blue-chinned Sapphire is variously placed in the monotypic genus Chlorestes or in Chlorostilbon. The taxonomy of the C...
- Blue-chinned Sapphire
The Blue-chinned Sapphire is a hummingbird that breeds from Colombia south and east to the Guianas, Trinidad, Peru, and Brazil. There have been occasional records from Tobago...
, Chlorostilbon notatus
- Blue-tailed Emerald
The Blue-tailed Emerald, Chlorostilbon mellisugus, is a hummingbird found in tropical and subtropical South America east of the Andes from Colombia east to the Guianas and Trinidad, and south to northern Bolivia and central Brazil....
, Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Golden-crowned Emerald
The Golden-Crowned Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Mexico.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....
, Chlorostilbon auriceps
- Cozumel Emerald
The Cozumel Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.It is endemic to the Mexican island of Cozumel off the Yucatán Peninsula. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist...
, Chlorostilbon forficatus
- Canivet's Emerald, Chlorostilbon canivetii
- Garden Emerald
The Garden Emerald is a small hummingbird that is an endemic resident breeder in Costa Rica and western Panama. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Blue-tailed Emerald....
, Chlorostilbon assimilis
- Glittering-bellied Emerald
The Glittering-bellied Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It has widely been listed by the scientific name Chlorostilbon aureoventris, but this was shown to be mistaken by J. F. Pacheco and B. M. Whitney in 2006.It is found in north-eastern Argentina, eastern and...
, Chlorostilbon aureoventris
- Chiribiquete Emerald
The Chiribiquete Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Colombia.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....
, Chlorostilbon olivaresi
- Cuban Emerald
The Cuban Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in a wide range of semi-open habitats in Cuba and the Bahamas....
, Chlorostilbon ricordii
- Brace's Emerald
Brace's Emerald is an extinct species of hummingbird which was endemic to the main island of the Bahamas, New Providence.-Description:...
, Chlorostilbon bracei (extinct)
- Gould's Emerald
The Gould's Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It was described based on a single specimen of unknown origin, but Jamaica or the Bahamas are likely. Except for the type specimen, there are no records, and it is presumed extinct.-Source:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
, Chlorostilbon elegans (extinct)
- Hispaniolan Emerald
The Hispaniolan Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti....
, Chlorostilbon swainsonii
- Puerto Rican Emerald
The Puerto Rican Emerald , or Zumbadorcito de Puerto Rico in Spanish, is an endemic hummingbird found only in the archipelago of Puerto Rico....
, Chlorostilbon maugaeus
- Coppery Emerald
The Coppery Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
, Chlorostilbon russatus
- Narrow-tailed Emerald
The Narrow-Tailed Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela....
, Chlorostilbon stenurus
- Green-tailed Emerald
The Green-Tailed Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
, Chlorostilbon alice
- Short-tailed Emerald
The Short-tailed Emerald is a species of hummingbird found in the Andes of Colombia and Venezuela. It has also been called Poortman's Emerald Hummingbird....
, Chlorostilbon poortmani
- Genus Basilinna
Basilinna is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It contains only two species:* White-eared Hummingbird * Xantus's Hummingbird It was recently split from Hylocharis....
(recently split from Hylocharis)
- Xantus's Hummingbird
Xantus's Hummingbird, Basilinna xantusii, is a medium-sized hummingbird. It is 8-9 cm long, and weighs approximately 3-4 g.Adults are colored predominantly green on their upperparts and back. The tail is darkly colored and straight. The most prominent feature is the white eyestripe found in both...
, Basilinna xantusii
- White-eared Hummingbird
The White-eared Hummingbird, Basilinna leucotis , is a medium-sized hummingbird. It is 9-10 cm long, and weighs approximately 3-4 g.- Overview :...
, Basilinna leucotis
- Genus Elvira
Elvira is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two small species.They are:*White-tailed Emerald, Elvira chionura*Coppery-headed Emerald, Elvira cupreiceps...
- White-tailed Emerald
The White-Tailed Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama....
, Elvira chionura
- Coppery-headed Emerald
The Coppery-headed Emerald is a type of hummingbird. It is endemic to Costa Rica.The noticeably decurved bill sets it apart from similar White-tailed Emerald ....
, Elvira cupreiceps
- Genus Eupherusa
Eupherusa is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Blue-capped Hummingbird * Stripe-tailed Hummingbird...
- Blue-capped Hummingbird
The Blue-capped Hummingbird or Oaxaca Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird endemic to subtropical moist forest in the southernmost portion of the Sierra Madre del Sur in the Mexican state of Oaxaca...
, Eupherusa cyanophrys
- White-tailed Hummingbird
The White-tailed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird endemic to subtropical moist forest in the westernmost portion of the Sierra Madre del Sur in Guerrero and extreme western Oaxaca, Mexico...
, Eupherusa poliocerca
- Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
The Stripe-tailed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird endemic to subtropical moist forests and adjacent clearings of Middle America, from the Gulf slope of southeastern Mexico to Panama....
, Eupherusa eximia
- Black-bellied Hummingbird
The Black-bellied Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in moist forest and edge at middle elevations on the Caribbean slope in Costa Rica and Panama-References:...
, Eupherusa nigriventris
- Genus Goethalsia
- Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird
The Pirre Hummingbird , also somewhat misleadingly known as the Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only species in its genus....
, Goethalsia bella
- Genus Goldmania
- Violet-capped Hummingbird
The Violet-capped Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
, Goldmania violiceps
- Genus Cynanthus
Cynanthus is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Broad-billed Hummingbird * Dusky Hummingbird...
- Dusky Hummingbird
The Dusky Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird of the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland....
, Cynanthus sordidus
- Broad-billed Hummingbird
The Broad-billed Hummingbird, Cynanthus latirostris, is a medium-sized hummingbird. It is 9–10 cm long, and weighs approximately three to four grams....
, Cynanthus latirostris
- Blue-headed Hummingbird
The Blue-headed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Dominica and Martinique....
, Cyanophaia bicolor
- Genus Thalurania
- Violet-crowned Woodnymph
The Violet-crowned Woodnymph , also known as the Purple-crowned Woodnymph, is a medium-sized hummingbird found from Guatemala and Belize to northern Colombia and western Venezuela. It formerly included the Mexican and Green-crowned Woodnymphs as subspecies...
, Thalurania colombica
- Mexican Woodnymph
The Mexican Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family and is endemic to western Mexico.Its habitats include subtropical or tropical moist lowland/foothill forests and plantations .It is threatened by habitat loss...
, Thalurania ridgwayi
- Green-crowned Woodnymph
The Green-crowned Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in humid forest and tall second growth from eastern Panama, south through western Colombia and Ecuador, to far north-western Peru...
, Thalurania fannyi
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph
The Fork-tailed Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
, Thalurania furcata
- Long-tailed Woodnymph
The Long-tailed Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in humid forests in north-eastern Brazil.-Source:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....
, Thalurania watertonii
- Violet-capped Woodnymph
The Violet-capped Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in forest , dense woodland, gardens and parks in south-eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay, Uruguay, and far north-eastern Argentina...
, Thalurania glaucopis
- Genus Damophila
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird
The Violet-bellied Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypical for genus Damophila.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru; it can occasionally be seen in Costa Rica....
, Damophila julie
- Genus Lepidopyga
Lepidopyga is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Sapphire-throated Hummingbird * Shining-green Hummingbird...
- Sapphire-throated Hummingbird
The Sapphire-Throated Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama....
, Lepidopyga coeruleogularis
- Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird
The Sapphire-Bellied Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It has bright plumage, with blue undersides and green uppersides and black wings. The forked tail is blue-black.It is found only in Colombia...
, Lepidopyga lilliae
- Shining-green Hummingbird
The Shining-Green Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
, Lepidopyga goudoti
- Genus Hylocharis
Hylocharis is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Gilded Sapphire * White-chinned Sapphire * Blue-throated Sapphire...
- Blue-throated Goldentail
The Blue-throated Sapphire , also known as the Blue-Throated Goldentail, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama...
, Hylocharis eliciae
- Rufous-throated Sapphire
The Rufous-throated Sapphire is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found at forest edge, savanna-like habitats and plantations in northern and central South America.-References:...
, Hylocharis sapphirina
- White-chinned Sapphire
The White-chinned Sapphire is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
, Hylocharis cyanus
- Gilded Sapphire, Hylocharis chrysura
- Blue-headed Sapphire
The Blue-Headed Sapphire is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
, Hylocharis grayi
- Genus Chrysuronia
- Golden-tailed Sapphire
The Golden-tailed Sapphire is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
, Chrysuronia oenone
- Genus Leucochloris
- White-throated Hummingbird
The White-throated Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only member of the genus Leucochloris. It is found in north-eastern Argentina, south-eastern Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay....
, Leucochloris albicollis
- Genus Polytmus
Polytmus is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* White-tailed Goldenthroat * Tepui Goldenthroat * Green-tailed Goldenthroat...
- White-tailed Goldenthroat
The White-tailed Goldenthroat is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
, Polytmus guainumbi
- Tepui Goldenthroat
The Tepui Goldenthroat is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela....
, Polytmus milleri
- Green-tailed Goldenthroat
The Green-tailed Goldenthroat is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela, and possibly Ecuador....
, Polytmus theresiae
- Genus Leucippus
Leucippus is a genus of hummingbirds. Its members are found in western South America. Two species, A. chionogaster, the White-bellied Hummingbird and A. viridicauda, the Green-and-white Hummingbird are commonly placed in the genus Amazilia, while a third species, T...
- Buffy Hummingbird
The Buffy Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia, French Guiana, and Venezuela....
, Leucippus fallax
- Tumbes Hummingbird
The Tumbes Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.-References:...
, Leucippus baeri
- Spot-throated Hummingbird
The Spot-Throated Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in northern Peru, with uncorroborated sightings from extreme south Ecuador....
, Leucippus taczanowskii
- Olive-spotted Hummingbird
The Olive-spotted Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.-References:...
, Leucippus chlorocercus
- White-bellied Hummingbird
The White-bellied Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found at forest edge, woodland, scrub and gardens in the Andes, ranging from northern Peru south through Bolivia to north-western Argentina. There are also lowland populations in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, and...
, Leucippus chionogaster
- Green-and-white Hummingbird
The Green-and-white Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is endemic to the East Andean slope in Peru, where generally restricted to areas near humid forest. It is commonly seen at Machu Picchu...
, Leucippus viridicauda
- Many-spotted Hummingbird
The Many-spotted Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only member of the genus Taphrospilus, but is sometimes placed in Amazilia or Leucippus instead....
, Leucippus hypostictus
- Genus Amazilia
Amazilia is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae. It occurs in tropical Central and South America.-Systematics:Some of the species listed here are occasionally placed in the genera Agyrtria, Polyerata and Saucerottia...
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird that breeds from east-central Mexico, through Central America and Colombia, east to western Venezuela and south through western Ecuador to near the border with Peru...
, Amazilia tzacatl
- Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird
The Chestnut-Bellied Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Colombia....
, Amazilia castaneiventris
- Amazilia Hummingbird
The Amazilia Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird, a family of small near passerine birds. The Loja Hummingbird , with less rufous to the underparts, is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Amazilia Hummingbird....
, Amazilia amazilia
- Loja Hummingbird
The Loja Hummingbird, Amazilia alticola, is a species of hummingbird found in southern Ecuador and northern Peru in the edges of cloud forest and open scrub between 1000 and 2200 m altitude. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Amazilia Hummingbird, Amazilia...
, Amazilia alticola
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird
The Buff-bellied Hummingbird, Amazilia yucatanensis, is a medium-sized hummingbird. It is long and has a mass of .Adults are a metallic olive green above and buffy in the lower breast. The tail and primary wings are rufous in color and slightly forked. The underwing is white. The bill of the male...
, Amazilia yucatanensis
- Cinnamon Hummingbird
The Cinnamon Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found from northwestern Mexico to Costa Rica....
, Amazilia rutila
- Honduran Emerald
The Honduran Emerald, Amazilia luciae, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Honduras.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
, Amazilia luciae
- Genus Agyrtria
- Plain-bellied Emerald
The Plain-bellied Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found from north-eastern Venezuela, through the Guianas, to around São Luís in Brazil. Smaller disjunct population are found in north-eastern Brazil as far south as Bahia. It occurs in a wide range of semi-open...
, Agyrtria leucogaster
- Versicolored Emerald, Agyrtria versicolor
- Rondonia Emerald, Agyrtria rondoniae
- White-chested Emerald
The White-chested Emerald, Amazilia brevirostris, is a hummingbird found in eastern Venezuela, the Guianas, Trinidad and far northern Brazil . It has sometimes been placed in the genus Agyrtria, and the name A. chionopectus was formerly used for this species, as the name A. brevirostris was...
, Agyrtria brevirostris
- Andean Emerald
The Andean Emerald is a species of hummingbird found at forest edge, woodland, gardens and scrub in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru. It is generally fairly common. It is green above and white below. Some subspecies have a blue crown.-External links:* on the Internet Bird Collection...
, Agyrtria franciae
- White-bellied Emerald
The White-Bellied Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
, Agyrtria candida
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird
The Azure-Crowned Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
, Agyrtria cyanocephala
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird
The Violet-crowned Hummingbird, Amazilia violiceps, is a medium-sized hummingbird. It is 10 cm long and weighs approximately 5 g.The bird is best distinguished by its violet-colored cap, from where it gets its name. Adults are colored predominantly a dark olive green for their upperparts and tail....
, Agyrtria violiceps
- Green-fronted Hummingbird
The Green-fronted Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.-Taxonomy:It includes the subspecies wagneri, which sometimes is considered a separate species, the Cinnamon-sided Hummingbird .-Distribution and habitat:It is found in Belize and Mexico...
, Agyrtria viridifrons
- Genus Polyerata
- Sapphire-spangled Emerald
The Sapphire-spangled Emerald, Amazilia lactea, is a species of hummingbird that occurs in Venezuela, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil from the Amazon south to Santa Catarina; there are uncertain records from east Ecuador. Both male and female have a bright "sapphire" blue chest and chin and green-blue...
, Polyerata lactea
- Glittering-throated Emerald
The Glittering-throated Emerald , sometimes placed in the genus Polyerata, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family....
, Polyerata fimbriata
- Blue-chested Hummingbird
The Blue-Chested Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama....
, Polyerata amabilis
- Charming Hummingbird
The Charming Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
, Polyerata decora
- Purple-chested Hummingbird
The Purple-Chested Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
, Polyerata rosenbergi
- Mangrove Hummingbird
The Mangrove Hummingbird, Amazilia boucardi, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Costa Rica.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests....
, Polyerata boucardi
- Honduran Emerald
The Honduran Emerald, Amazilia luciae, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Honduras.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland....
, Polyerata luciae
- Genus Saucerottia
- Steely-vented Hummingbird
The Steely-vented Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird that is a resident breeder from western Nicaragua to Costa Rica, and also in Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. The Central American birds differ in voice and behaviour from those in South America and may be a separate species, the ...
, Saucerottia saucerrottei
- Indigo-capped Hummingbird
The Indigo-capped Hummingbird , sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia...
, Saucerottia cyanifrons
- Alfaro's Hummingbird, Saucerottia alfaroana (probably extinct)
- Snowy-bellied Hummingbird, Saucerottia edward
- Blue-tailed Hummingbird
The Blue-tailed Hummingbird , sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
, Saucerottia cyanura
- Berylline Hummingbird
The Berylline Hummingbird, Amazilia beryllina, sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a medium-sized hummingbird. It is 8-10 cm long, and weighs 4-5 g.- Overview :...
, Saucerottia beryllina
- Green-bellied Hummingbird
The Green-bellied Hummingbird , also known as the Tepui Hummingbird and sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family...
, Saucerottia viridigaster
- Copper-tailed Hummingbird, Saucerottia cupreicauda
- Copper-rumped Hummingbird
The Copper-rumped Hummingbird, Amazilia tobaci, sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a small bird that breeds in Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and has occurred as a vagrant on Grenada. It is a seasonal migrant in parts of Venezuela....
, Saucerottia tobaci
- Genus Panterpe – Fiery-throated Hummingbird
- Genus Oreopyra
- White-bellied Mountaingem, Oreopyra hemileucus (recently split from Lampornis)
- Genus Microchera – Snowcap
- Genus Anthocephala
- Blossomcrown
The Blossomcrown is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Colombia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
, Anthocephala floriceps
- Genus Chalybura
Chalybura is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* White-vented Plumeleteer * Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer...
- White-vented Plumeleteer
The White-vented Plumeleteer is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
, Chalybura buffonii
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer, Chalybura urochrysia
- Genus Lampornis – typical mountaingems (6-8 species)
- Blue-throated Mountaingem, Lampornis clemenciae
- Amethyst-throated Mountaingem, Lampornis amethystinus
- Red-throated Mountangem, Lampornis (amethystinus) salvini
- Green-throated Mountaingem, Lampornis viridipallens
- Green-breasted Mountaingem, Lampornis sybillae
- Purple-throated Mountaingem, Lampornis calolaemus
- White-throated Mountaingem, Lampornis castaneoventris
- Gray-tailed Mountaingem, Lampornis castaneoventris cinereicauda
- Genus Phlogophilus
Phlogophilus is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Peruvian Piedtail * Ecuadorian Piedtail...
- Ecuadorian Piedtail
The Ecuadorian Piedtail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
, Phlogophilus hemileucurus
- Peruvian Piedtail
The Peruvian Piedtail, Colibri De Hartert, or ColibrÍ Colipinto Peruano is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Peru....
, Phlogophilus harterti
- Genus Adelomyia – Speckled Hummingbird
- Genus Clytolaema – Brazilian Ruby
- Genus Heliodoxa
Heliodoxa is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Gould's Jewelfront, Heliodoxa aurescens* Fawn-breasted Brilliant, Heliodoxa rubinoides* Violet-fronted Brilliant, Heliodoxa leadbeateri...
- Gould's Jewelfront
The Gould's Jewelfront is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
, Heliodoxa aurescens
- Fawn-breasted Brilliant
-Introduction:The Fawn-breasted Brilliant, , is a species of hummingbird. It is found in South American countries such as Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru and lives in tropical climates. It has a light brown chest, a dark green back, a white spot behind the eye, and a red spot on the throat...
, Heliodoxa rubinoides
- Violet-fronted Brilliant
The Violet-fronted Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
, Heliodoxa leadbeateri
- Velvet-browed Brilliant
The Velvet-Browed Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.The species is found in Venezuela, central regions, mostly east of the Orinoco River, and in the east with Guyana, and in the small border region of Brazil, intersecting with Guyana and Venezuela.Its natural habitats...
, Heliodoxa xanthogonys
- Black-throated Brilliant
The Black-throated Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
, Heliodoxa schreibersii
- Pink-throated Brilliant
The Pink-throated Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
, Heliodoxa gularis
- Rufous-webbed Brilliant
The Rufous-webbed Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10...
, Heliodoxa branickii
- Empress Brilliant
The Empress Brilliant is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
, Heliodoxa imperatrix
- Green-crowned Brilliant
The Green-crowned Brilliant is a large robust hummingbird that is a resident breeder in the highlands from Costa Rica to western Ecuador.This hummingbird inhabits wet mountain forests including edges, gaps and tall second growth...
, Heliodoxa jacula
- Genus Lamprolaima
- Garnet-throated Hummingbird
The Garnet-throated Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. It is in the monotypical genus Lamprolaima....
, Lamprolaima rhami
- Genus Eugenes – Magnificent Hummingbird
- Genus Hylonympha
- Scissor-tailed Hummingbird
The Scissor-tailed Hummingbird is a bird species in the family Trochilidae, the only member of the genus Hylonympha. It is found only in Venezuela....
, Hylonympha macrocerca
- Genus Sternoclyta – Violet-chested Hummingbird
- Genus Urochroa
- White-tailed Hillstar
The White-tailed Hillstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family, and the only member of the genus Urochroa. It is found in humid montane forest in southern Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru. It has two subspecies, the nominate on the west Andean slope, and leucura on the east...
, Urochroa bougueri
- Genus Boissonneaua
Boissonneaua is a small genus of hummingbirds in the Trochilidae family. They are found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela to southern Peru...
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet
The Chestnut-breasted Coronet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in humid montane Andean forests in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. It is generally easily recognized by its contrasting rufous underparts.-References:* BirdLife International 2004....
, Boissonneaua matthewsii
- Buff-tailed Coronet
- Introduction :The Buff-tailed Coronet, Boissonneaua flavescens, is a species of hummingbird from the family Trochilidea. It is found in Colombia,...
, Boissonneaua flavescens
- Velvet-purple Coronet
The Velvet-purple Coronet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in humid foothill forest on the West Andean slope in western Colombia and north-western Ecuador...
, Boissonneaua jardini
- Genus Aglaeactis
Aglaeactis is a genus of hummingbirds in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Shining Sunbeam * Purple-backed Sunbeam * White-tufted Sunbeam...
- Shining Sunbeam
The Shining Sunbeam is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
, Aglaeactis cupripennis
- White-tufted Sunbeam
The White-Tufted Sunbeam is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland....
, Aglaeactis castelnaudii
- Purple-backed Sunbeam
The Purple-backed Sunbeam, Aglaeactis aliciae, is a bird species in the family Trochilidae. It is found only in Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss....
, Aglaeactis aliciae
- Black-hooded Sunbeam
The Black-Hooded Sunbeam is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland....
, Aglaeactis pamela
- Genus Oreotrochilus
The hillstars are several species of hummingbirds from the genus Oreotrochilus...
- Andean Hillstar
The Andean Hillstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in grassland, scrub and woodland in the Altiplano of southern Peru, Bolivia, northern Chile, and north-western Argentina...
, Oreotrochilus estella
- Green-headed Hillstar
The Green-headed Hillstar, Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni, is a species of hummingbird found in the Andes in far southern Ecuador and northern and central Peru in alpine grassland and scrub at altitudes of ....
, Oreotrochilus estella stolzmanni
- Chimborazo Hillstar, Oreotrochilus chimborazo
- White-sided Hillstar
The White-sided Hillstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the southernmost species of hillstar, being found in grassland and scrub at altitudes of in far southern Bolivia, Chile and western Argentina...
, Oreotrochilus leucopleurus
- Black-breasted Hillstar
The Black-breasted Hillstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in scrub at altitudes of in the Andes of central Peru. Unlike the other hillstars, the tail, chest and belly of the male Black-breasted Hillstar are almost entirely black.-References:* BirdLife...
, Oreotrochilus melanogaster
- Wedge-tailed Hillstar
The Wedge-tailed Hillstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. This sexually dimorphic species is found in scrub and woodland at altitudes of in the Andes of Bolivia and far north-western border region of Argentina. It is threatened by habitat loss...
, Oreotrochilus adela
- Genus Lafresnaya
- Mountain Velvetbreast
The Mountain Velvetbreast is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is the only member of its genus.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
, Lafresnaya lafresnayi
- Genus Coeligena
Coeligena is a genus of South American hummingbirds.It contains the following species:* Bronzy Inca * Brown Inca * Black Inca * Collared Inca...
- Bronzy Inca
The Bronzy Inca is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-Description:...
, Coeligena coeligena
- Brown Inca
The Brown Inca is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador....
, Coeligena wilsoni
- Black Inca
The Black Inca, Príncipe de Arcabuco is a bird species in the family Trochilidae. It is found only in Colombia....
, Coeligena prunellei
- Collared Inca
The Collared Inca is a species of hummingbird found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela, through Colombia and Ecuador, to Peru and Bolivia. It is very distinctive and unique in having a white chest-patch and white on the tail...
, Coeligena torquata
- Gould's Inca
The Gould's Inca is a species of hummingbird found in humid Andean forest of south-eastern Peru and Bolivia. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Collared Inca, but has a rufous chest-patch...
, Coeligena torquata inca
- White-tailed Starfrontlet
The White-Tailed Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Colombia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
, Coeligena phalerata
- Golden-bellied Starfrontlet
The Golden-Bellied Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird found in Colombia and a very small part of Venezuela....
, Coeligena bonapartei
- Golden Starfrontlet
The Golden Starfrontlet or Golden-tailed Starfrontlet is usuually considered a subspecies of hummingbird endemic to Venezuela. It is often considered a subspecies of the Golden-bellied Starfrontlet, C...
, Coeligena bonapartei eos
- Blue-throated Starfrontlet
The Blue-throated Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela....
, Coeligena helianthea
- Buff-winged Starfrontlet
The Buff-Winged Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
, Coeligena lutetiae
- Violet-throated Starfrontlet
The Violet-Throated Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
, Coeligena violifer
- Rainbow Starfrontlet
The Rainbow Starfrontlet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
, Coeligena iris
- Dusky Starfrontlet
The Dusky Starfrontlet is a hummingbird species in the subfamily Trochilinae.It is found only at high altitudes in the Cordillera Occidental of Colombia, and was first discovered on Páramo de Frontino...
, Coeligena orina
- Genus Ensifera – Sword-billed Hummingbird
- Genus Pterophanes
- Great Sapphirewing
The Great Sapphirewing is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes...
, Pterophanes cyanopterus
- Genus Patagona – Giant Hummingbird
- Genus Sephanoides
The firecrowns are the genus Sephanoides of the hummingbirds. There are two species.*Green-backed Firecrown, Sephanoides sephaniodes *Juan Fernández Firecrown, Sephanoides fernandensis...
- Green-backed Firecrown
The Green-backed Firecrown is a hummingbird that is found in Argentina and Chile. It can be fairly common in some locations, especially the Robinson Crusoe Island, 350 miles off the Chilean coast. It is found as far south as Tierra del Fuego.Like its cousin the Juan Fernández Firecrown, the...
, Sephanoides sephaniodes
- Juan Fernández Firecrown
The Juan Fernández Firecrown is a hummingbird found solely on Isla Róbinson Crusoe, one of a three-island archipelago belonging to Chile. It is non-migratory and shares the island with the smaller Green-backed Firecrown, Sephanoides sephaniodes.The population of this species has been in a general...
, Sephanoides fernandensis
- Alejandro Selkirk Firecrown, Sephanoides fernandensis leyboldi – extinct (1908)
- Genus Heliangelus
Heliangelus is a genus of hummingbirds found in montane South America. The species are collectively known as sunangels.It contains the following species:* Amethyst-throated Sunangel...
- Longuemare's Sunangel
Longuemare's Sunangel is a species of hummingbird found in Venezuela and northeastern Colombia. It is closely related to the Amethyst-throated Sunangel, and species limits in this complex are unclear....
, Heliangelus clarisse
- Orange-throated Sunangel
The Orange-Throated Sunangel is a species of hummingbird.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
, Heliangelus mavors
- Amethyst-throated Sunangel
The Amethyst-throated Sunangel is a species of hummingbird.It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest....
, Heliangelus amethysticollis
- Gorgeted Sunangel
The Gorgeted Sunangel, Heliangelus strophianus, is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Colombia andEcuador....
, Heliangelus strophianus
- Tourmaline Sunangel
The Tourmaline Sunangel is a species of hummingbird.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
, Heliangelus exortis
- Flame-throated Sunangel, Heliangelus micrastur
- Purple-throated Sunangel
The Purple-throated Sunangel, Heliangelus viola, is a species of midsized hummingbird in the genus Heliangelus. It is found in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest at an elevation ranging...
, Heliangelus viola
- Royal Sunangel
The Royal Sunangel is a species of hummingbird. It is endemic to subtropical elfin forests and shrubs in the Andes of northern Peru and adjacent south-eastern Ecuador. It is endangered due to habitat loss...
, Heliangelus regalis
- Bogota Sunangel
The Bogotá Sunangel is a species of hummingbird that is only known from one specimen. The hummingbird is a bright purple with black flight feathers and a bright green chin and crown. This bird has only been found in Colombia and is assumed to live in cloud forest between 1200 and 3400 meters...
, Heliangelus zusii (probably extinct)
- Genus Eriocnemis
Eriocnemis is a genus of hummingbirds, which - together with the species in the genus Haplophaedia - are known as pufflegs. They occur in humid forest, woodland and shrub at altitudes of 1000 to 4800 m. asl in the Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela...
(12 species, possibly one recently extinct)
- Genus Haplophaedia
Haplophaedia is a small genus of hummingbirds, which - together with the members of the genus Eriocnemis - are known as pufflegs. They are found at low levels in humid forest, woodland and shrub at altitudes of 1200 to 3100 m. asl in the Andes of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, and Colombia...
- Greenish Puffleg
The Greenish Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama....
, Haplophaedia aureliae
- Buff-thighed Puffleg
The Buff-thighed Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia and Peru....
, Haplophaedia assimilis
- Hoary Puffleg
The Hoary Puffleg is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss....
, Haplophaedia lugens
- Genus Urosticte
Urosticte is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family, which is restricted to humid forests growing on Andean slopes in north-western South America. Their common name, whitetips, refers to the conspicuous white tips on the central rectrices of the males. As the central rectrices are shorter...
- Purple-bibbed Whitetip
The Purple-bibbed Whitetip, Urosticte benjamini, is a species of hummingbird. It is found in the humid Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador....
, Urosticte benjamini
- Rufous-vented Whitetip
The Rufous-vented Whitetip is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
, Urosticte ruficrissa
- Genus Ocreatus – Booted Racket-tail
- Genus Lesbia
Lesbia is a small genus of hummingbird. Its two members are found in tropical South America. They are:*Black-tailed Trainbearer, Lesbia victoriae*Green-tailed Trainbearer, Lesbia nuna-References:*...
- Black-tailed Trainbearer
The Black-tailed Trainbearer is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
, Lesbia victoriae
- Green-tailed Trainbearer
The Green-tailed Trainbearer is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
, Lesbia nuna
- Genus Sappho – Red-tailed Comet
- Genus Polyonymus
- Bronze-tailed Comet
The Bronze-tailed Comet is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Polyonymus....
, Polyonymus caroli
- Genus Ramphomicron
Ramphomicron is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Black-backed Thornbill * Purple-backed Thornbill...
- Purple-backed Thornbill
The Purple-Backed Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
, Ramphomicron microrhynchum
- Black-backed Thornbill
The Black-Backed Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Colombia....
, Ramphomicron dorsale
- Genus Oreonympha
- Bearded Mountaineer
The Bearded Mountaineer is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland....
, Oreonympha nobilis
- Genus Oxypogon
- Bearded Helmetcrest
The Bearded Helmetcrest is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, known as páramo....
, Oxypogon guerinii
- Genus Metallura
Metallura is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Scaled Metaltail * Violet-throated Metaltail * Fiery-throated Metaltail...
- Tyrian Metaltail
The Tyrian Metaltail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela....
, Metallura tyrianthina
- Perija Metaltail
The Perijá Metaltail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is endemic to paramo and elfin forest at high altitudes of the Perijá Mountains in Colombia and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss....
, Metallura iracunda
- Scaled Metaltail
The Scaled Metaltail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:...
, Metallura aeneocauda
- Fiery-throated Metaltail, Metallura eupogon
- Coppery Metaltail
The Coppery Metaltail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
, Metallura theresiae
- Neblina Metaltail
The Neblina Metaltail, MÉTallure Du Chinguela, or Metalura Del Chinguela is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru....
, Metallura odomae
- Violet-throated Metaltail
The Violet-Throated Metaltail, MÉTallure De Baron, Metalura De Azuay, or Metalura Gorjivioleta is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Ecuador....
, Metallura baroni
- Viridian Metaltail
The Viridian Metaltail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...
, Metallura williami
- Black Metaltail
The Black Metaltail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland....
, Metallura phoebe
- Genus Chalcostigma
Chalcostigma is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. The name of the genus is derived from the Greek khalkos meaning bronze and stigme for a spot or mark, a reference to the beard on the Bronze-tailed Thornbill....
- Rufous-capped Thornbill
The Rufous-Capped Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru....
, Chalcostigma ruficeps
- Olivaceous Thornbill
The Olivaceous Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:...
, Chalcostigma olivaceum
- Blue-mantled Thornbill
The Blue-Mantled Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru....
, Chalcostigma stanleyi
- Bronze-tailed Thornbill
The Bronze-tailed Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:...
, Chalcostigma heteropogon
- Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
The Rainbow-bearded Thornbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland.-References:...
, Chalcostigma herrani
- Genus Opisthoprora
- Mountain Avocetbill
The Mountain Avocetbill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family, the only member of its genus.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
, Opisthoprora euryptera
- Genus Taphrolesbia
- Gray-bellied Comet, Taphrolesbia griseiventris
- Genus Aglaiocercus
Aglaiocercus is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It contains the following species:* Long-tailed Sylph, Aglaiocercus kingi* Violet-tailed Sylph, Aglaiocercus coelestis* Venezuelan Sylph, Aglaiocercus berlepschi...
- Long-tailed Sylph
The Long-tailed Sylph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.Courtship strategy...
, Aglaiocercus kingi
- Violet-tailed Sylph
-Brief Description:The Violet-tailed Sylph, Aglaiocercus coelestis, is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Males average around 7 inches,, in height, while females average around 3.8 inches...
, Aglaiocercus coelestis
- Venezuelan Sylph
The Venezuelan Sylph is a small bird in the hummingbird family, Trochilidae. It is restricted to a small area of north-eastern Venezuela and is classed as an endangered species by BirdLife International. It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of the Long-tailed Sylph The Venezuelan Sylph...
, Aglaiocercus berlepschi
- Genus Augastes
Augastes is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Hooded Visorbearer * Hyacinth Visorbearer...
- Hyacinth Visorbearer
The Hyacinth Visorbearer is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.-Source:* BirdLife...
, Augastes scutatus
- Hooded Visorbearer
The Hooded Visorbearer, Colibri Lumachelle, or ColibrÍ Lumaquela is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Brazil....
, Augastes lumachella
- Genus Schistes - sometimes included in Augastes
- Wedge-billed Hummingbird
The Wedge-billed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Schistes, but sometimes merged with the visorbearers in Augastes....
, Schistes geoffroyi
- Genus Heliothryx
Heliothryx is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Black-Eared Fairy * Purple-crowned Fairy...
- Purple-crowned Fairy
The Purple-crowned Fairy is a large hummingbird that breeds in the lowlands and hills from southeastern Mexico south to southwestern Ecuador....
, Heliothryx barroti
- Black-eared Fairy
The Black-eared Fairy is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
, Heliothryx aurita
- Genus Heliactin – Horned Sungem
- Genus Loddigesia – Marvelous Spatuletail
- Genus Heliomaster
Heliomaster is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae. They are commonly known as starthroats due to the males' ornamental plumage.- Species :The genus contains the following species:* Plain-capped Starthroat, Heliomaster constantii...
- Plain-capped Starthroat
The Plain-capped Starthroat, Heliomaster constantii, is a large-sized hummingbird. It is 11-12 cm long, and weighs approximately 7-8 g.Adults are colored predominantly metallic bronze on their upper-parts, tail, back and crown. The bird has a dark eye-stripe with a white stripe above and below. ...
, Heliomaster constantii
- Long-billed Starthroat
The Long-billed Starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris, is a hummingbird that breeds from southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad...
, Heliomaster longirostris
- Stripe-breasted Starthroat
The Stripe-breasted Starthroat is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in regions of eastern and southeastern Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former...
, Heliomaster squamosus
- Blue-tufted Starthroat
The Blue-Tufted Starthroat is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and possibly Ecuador, although not in Norway....
, Heliomaster furcifer
- Genus Rhodopis
- Oasis Hummingbird
The Oasis Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in coastal regions of Peru in a 100-200 km wide strip that extends the length of Peru's coastline, about 3000 km...
, Rhodopis vesper
- Genus Thaumastura
- Peruvian Sheartail
The Peruvian Sheartail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Peru west of the Andes and has been recorded in Ecuador...
, Thaumastura cora
- Genus Tilmatura
- Sparkling-tailed Woodstar, Tilmatura dupontii
- Genus Doricha
Doricha is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Mexican Sheartail Doricha eliza , Mexico....
- Slender Sheartail
The Slender Sheartail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico....
, Doricha enicura
- Mexican Sheartail
The Mexican Sheartail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, mangroves, rural gardens and urban areas.It is threatened by habitat loss...
, Doricha eliza
- Genus Calliphlox
Calliphlox is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:*Bahama Woodstar, Calliphlox evelynae*Magenta-throated Woodstar, Calliphlox bryantae*Purple-throated Woodstar, Calliphlox mitchellii...
– includes Philodice
- Bahama Woodstar
The Bahama Woodstar is a species of hummingbird.The Bahama Woodstar is a medium-sized hummingbird, growing to be about 3 to 5 inches in length. They are green above with mixed olive-buff underparts. Bills on both the male and female are slightly decurved. Males show a reddish-pink throat is lined...
, Calliphlox evelynae
- Magenta-throated Woodstar
The Magenta-throated Woodstar is an attractive hummingbird that is a resident breeder in forest edge and scrub in Costa Rica and western Panama. Its nest is undescribed....
, Calliphlox bryantae
- Purple-throated Woodstar
The Purple-throated Woodstar, Calliphlox mitchellii, is a species of hummingbird, and it is one of the four Calliphlox genera, the woodstars. The species is found in Colombia and Ecuador, and a minor localized population in Panama, 600 km from its main species distribution.- External links :* on...
, Calliphlox mitchellii
- Amethyst Woodstar
The Amethyst Woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in most of central, and eastern South America proper, in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname-, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela...
, Calliphlox amethystina
- Genus Microstilbon
- Slender-tailed Woodstar
The Slender-Tailed Woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Argentina and Bolivia....
, Microstilbon burmeisteri
- Genus Calothorax
Calothorax is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Beautiful Sheartail * Lucifer Sheartail...
- Lucifer Hummingbird
The Lucifer Sheartail or Lucifer Hummingbird, Calothorax lucifer is a medium-sized, up to 10cm long, green hummingbird with long decurved bill, small wings and white streak behind eye. The male has an iridescent plumage, forked dark tail, green crown, long magenta gorget and white underparts...
, Calothorax lucifer
- Beautiful Hummingbird
The Beautiful Sheartail or Beautiful Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Mexico.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.-References:...
, Calothorax pulcher
- Genus Mellisuga
Mellisuga is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It contains the following species:* Vervain Hummingbird * Bee Hummingbird...
- Vervain Hummingbird
The Vervain Hummingbird, Mellisuga minima, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica, and is a vagrant to Puerto Rico....
, Mellisuga minima
- Bee Hummingbird
The Bee Hummingbird or Zunzuncito is a species of hummingbird that is endemic to Cuba and Isla de la Juventud...
, Mellisuga helenae
- Genus Archilochus
Archilochus is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two small migratory species which breed in North America and winter in Central America, Mexico and the southern United States.They are:*Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris...
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird , is a small hummingbird. It is the only species of hummingbird that regularly nests east of the Mississippi River in North America.- Description :...
, Archilochus colubris
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
The Black-chinned Hummingbird is a small hummingbird.Adults are metallic green above and white below with green flanks. Their bill is long, straight and very slender. The adult male has a black face and chin, a glossy purple throat band and a dark forked tail...
, Archilochus alexandri
- Genus Calypte
Calypte is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two small species.They are:*Anna's Hummingbird, Calypte anna*Costa's Hummingbird, Calypte costaethumb|left|Male Costa's Hummingbird- References :...
- Anna's Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird native to the west coast of North America. This bird was named after Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli.-Description:...
, Calypte anna
- Costa's Hummingbird
The Costa's Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird.The Costa's Hummingbird is very small, a mature adult growing to only 3 to 3½ inches in length. The male Costa's has a mainly green back and flanks, a small black tail and wings, and patches of white below their gorgeted throat and tail...
, Calypte costae
- Genus Atthis
Atthis is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two small species found in Central America, Mexico and the southern United States.They are:*Bumblebee Hummingbird Atthis heloisa*Wine-throated Hummingbird, Atthis ellioti-References:*...
- Bumblebee Hummingbird
The Bumblebee Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is predominantly found in Mexico, but has occurred as a vagrant in the United States.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
, Atthis heloisa
- Wine-throated Hummingbird
The Wine-Throated Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
, Atthis ellioti
- Genus Stellula – Calliope Hummingbird
- Genus Myrtis
- Purple-collared Woodstar
The Purple-collared Woodstar is a species of bird in the hummingbird family, Trochilidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife...
, Myrtis fanny
- Genus Eulidia
- Chilean Woodstar
The Chilean Woodstar is a small bird in the hummingbird family, Trochilidae. It is restricted to northernmost Chile with reports from southern Peru. Its natural habitats are dry shrubland and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss and is classed as an endangered species...
, Eulidia yarrellii
- Genus Myrmia
- Short-tailed Woodstar
The Short-tailed Woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland where it is the only hummingbird of the woodstar variety...
, Myrmia micrura
- Genus Chaetocercus
Chaetocerus, the typical woodstars, is a genus of hummingbirds containing the following species:*White-bellied Woodstar, Chaetocercus mulsant*Little Woodstar, Chaetocercus bombus*Gorgeted Woodstar, Chaetocercus heliodor...
– typical woodstars (6 species, includes Acestrura)
- Genus Selasphorus
Selasphorus is a genus of hummingbirds. It contains the following species:*Scintillant Hummingbird, Selasphorus scintilla*Glow-throated Hummingbird, Selasphorus ardens*Volcano Hummingbird, Selasphorus flammula...
(6 species)