Hummingbirds are restricted to the Americas from southern Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, including the Caribbean. The majority of species occur in tropical and subtropical Central and South America.
Hummingbirds are are among the smallest of birds. They can hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings 12–90 times per second (depending on the species). They can also fly backwards, and are
the only group of birds able to do so. They can fly at speeds exceeding 50 km/h (30 mi/h).
Hummingbirds drink nectar, a sweet liquid inside flowers. Nectar is a poor source of nutrients, so they also prey on insects and spiders, especially when feeding young. When hummingbirds feed on nectar, the bill is usually only opened slightly, allowing the tongue to dart out and into the interior of flowers. Most hummingbirds have bills that are long and straight or nearly so, but in some species the bill shape is adapted for specialized feeding. Hummingbirds do not spend all day flying, as the energy cost would be prohibitive; the majority of their activity
consists simply of sitting or perching. With the exception of insects, hummingbirds while in flight have the highest metabolism of all animals, a necessity in order to support the rapid beating of their wings. Their heart rate can reach over 1000 beats per minute.
The hummingbirds are presented in 7 web pages:
1)
Barbthroat, Hermit, Jacobian, Sicklebill, Topaz
2)
Carib, Fairy, Goldenthroat, Mango, Violetear, Visorbearer 3)
Comet, Coquette, Firecrown, Sunangel, Sylph, Thorntail
4)
Helmetcrest, Hillstar, Metaltail, Puffleg, Thornbill 5)
Brilliant, Coronet, Inca, Starfrontlet, Sunbeam
6)
Mountain-gem, Starthroat, Sheartail, Woodstar 7)
Emerald, Plumeleteer, Sabrewing, Woodnymph
Emerald, Plumeleteer, Sabrewing, Woodnymph
Genus Abeillia
Hummingbird,_Emerald-chinned Abeillia abeillei Found: El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Jorge_Montejo - Mexico
3, 4) Amy_McAndrews - Mexico



Genus
Amazilia
The Emeralds are found in:
Amazilia, Chlorostilbon, Elvira.
Amazilia are medium sized hummingbirds with more or less straight bills which are red basally, at least on the mandible.
Emerald,_Andean Amazilia franciae Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 5) Alejandro_Tamayo 3)
Nick Athanas - Peru 4)
Jerry_Oldenettel - Ecuador




Emerald,_Glittering-throated Amazilia fimbriata Found: Brazil and northern neighbors
Image by: 1)
Chepas 2, 4) Dario Sanches - Brazil 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil



Emerald,_Honduran Amazilia luciae Found: Honduras
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 3) Dominic Sherony


Emerald,_Plain-bellied Amazilia leucogaster Found: Brazil, Guianas, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 3, 4)
Yannick_Turbe



Emerald,_Sapphire-spangled Amazilia lactea Found: Bolivia, Brazil,
Peru, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Francesco_Veronesi - Brazil 3)
Evaldo_Resende 4)
Renato_Augusto_Martins 5, 6, 7) Dario Sanches - Brazil 8)
Nick Athanas - Brazil







Emerald,_Versicolored Amazilia franciae Found: mainly Brazil, Columbia, Venezuela; also Argentina, Bolivia ,Paraguay
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 4) Dario Sanches 3, 7)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 6)
Lip Kee - Argentina
5)
Tom Friedel (
BirdPhotos.com) - Argentinia






Emerald,_White-bellied Amazilia candida Found: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Dominic_Sherony - Belize 3)
Nick Athanas - Mexico 4)
Drriss_and_Marrionn 5)
Alan_Harper - Honduras




Emerald,_White-chested Amazilia brevirostris Found: the Guianas, Trinidad, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Dr_Philipp_Lehmann - Trinidas 3)
Nick Athanas 4)
Barloventomagico - Venezuela



Hummingbird,_Amazilia Amazilia amazilia Found: Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Sandy Cole -
Butterfly World in Florida 3)
Dick Daniels -
Butterfly World 4)
Nick Athanas 5)
Le_poidesans




Hummingbird,_Azure-crowned Amazilia cyanocephala Found: Mexico, Central America
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Joseph_Boone 3)
Roberto_Monroy


Hummingbird,_Berylline Amazilia beryllina Found: North America (Arizona), Central America
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Ron_Knight 3)
Nick Athanas - Nexico 4)
Dominic Sherony 5)
Jorge Montejo - Mexico 6)
Jerry Oldenettel - Mexico





Hummingbird,_Blue-chested Amazilia amabilis Found: Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama
Image by:1)
Cephas 2, 6) Aaron_Maizlish - Panama 3)
Richard_Crook 4)
Dominic Sherony 5)
Nick Athanas - Panama
2, 3) Female 4 -6) Male





Hummingbird,_Blue-tailed Amazilia cyanura Found: Mexico, Central America
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Jerry_Oldenettel - Costa Rica 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Robert_McNab


Hummingbird,_Buff-bellied Amazilia yucatanensis Found: South Texas to Central America
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Tool Ake - Mexico 3)
Tony_Castro 4, 5 6) Jerry Oldenettel - Texas





Hummingbird,_Charming Amazilia decora Found: Costa Rica, Panama
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas - Costa Rica 3)
Joao_Ribeiro_Martins 4)
David_Reed - Costa Rica



Hummingbird,_Cinnamon Amazilia rutila Found: Central America
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Ron_Knight - Mexico 3)
Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica
4)
Roberto_Monroy - Mexico Jean-Sebastien_Guenette



Hummingbird,_Copper-rumped Amazilia tobaci Found: Caribbean and South America
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
MeegsC - Asa Wright Nature Centre, Trinidad 3)
Jean-Sebastien_Guenette 4, 5)
Dominic Sherony




Hummingbird,_Green-bellied Amazilia viridigaster Found: mainly Columbia, Venezuela; also Brazil, Guyana
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas - Guyana 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Joao_Quental in Brazil


Hummingbird,_Green-fronted Amazilia viridifrons Found: Mexico
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Jerry_Oldenettel 3)
Nick Athanas
2)
A. v. wagneri 3)
A. v. viridifrons


Hummingbird,_Indigo-capped Amazilia cyanifrons Found: Columbia
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas 3, 4) Ron Knight



Hummingbird,_Mangrove Amazilia boucardiFound: Costa Rica in mangroves and adjacent areas.
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Andrew_Spencer, Gerry_Hawkins 4)
Jorge_Obando



Hummingbird,_Purple-chested Amazilia rosenbergi Found: Columbia, Ecuador
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 3) Nick Athanas 4)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Jerry_Oldenettel in Ecuador



Hummingbird,_Rufous-tailed Amazilia tzacatl Found:
Central and South America
Image by:
1, 2, 3, 4) Dick Daniels - Boquette, Panama 5, 6)
Nick Athanas - Columbia, Ecuador 7)
Andy_Morffew - Ecuador






Hummingbird,_Snowy-bellied also
Snowy-breasted Hummingbird Amazilia edward Found:
Costa Rica, Panama
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas - Panama 4)
Drriss - Panama
5, 6) Aaron_Maizlish - Panama




Hummingbird,_Steely-vented Amazilia saucerottei Found: Nicaragua, Columbia, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2) Alejandro_Tamayo - Columbia 3)
Nick Athanas - Columbia 4)
Verino77



Hummingbird,_Violet-crowned Amazilia
violiceps Found: southwest USA to Mexico
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 4) Jerry Oldenettel - New Mexico 3)
Nebirdsplus - Arizona



Genus Aphantochroa - 1 species
Hummingbird,_Sombre Aphantochroa cirrochloris also
Campylopterus cirrochloris Found:
Brazil
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Brian_Henderson 3, 4, 5, 6) Dario Sanches - Brazil





Genus Campylopterus
Sabrewings have slightly down-curved black bill. The shafts of the male’s two outermost primary flight feathers are thickened, flattened and bent at an angle to give the distinctive sabre feature.
Sabrewing,_Buff-breasted Campylopterus duidae Found: mainly Venezuela; also Brazil
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
hbw.com

Sabrewing,_Gray-breasted Campylopterus largipennis Found: Brazil and surrounding countries
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 3)
Frah - Ecuador 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Fernando_Angulo



Sabrewing,_Lazuline Campylopterus falcatus Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas - Columbia 3)
Andy Jones - Venezuela 4)
Jerry_Oldenettel - Venezuela



Sabrewing,_Long-tailed Campylopterus excellens Found: southern Mexico
Image by: 1)
Nick Athanas 2)
Amy_McAndrews 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Edgar Miceli


Sabrewing ,_Napo Campylopterus villaviscensio Found: Columbia, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Roger_Ahlman 2)
Ana_Agreda - Ecuador 3)
Eleanor_Briccetti - Ecuador 4)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male



Sabrewing,_Rufous Campylopterus rufus ÏFound: El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas - Mexico 3)
Dominic Sherony 4)
Joseph_Boone



Sabrewing,_Rufous-breasted Campylopterus hyperythrus Found: mainly Venezuela; also Brazil, Guyana
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 3) Brendan Ryan - Venezuela 4)
Nick Athanas - Venezuela



Sabrewing,_Santa_Marta Campylopterus phainopeplus Found: Santa Marta Mountains, in northeast Colombia
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Marie-France GRENOUILLET 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Chris_Lansdell
2) Female 3) Male


Sabrewing,_Violet Campylopterus hemileucurus Found: southern Mexico to Panama
Image by: 1)
Brian Ralphs - Costa Rica 2)
Becky_Matsubara - Costa Rica 3)
Nick Athanas - Costa Rica 4)
Charles_J_Sharp - Panama
1) Female 3, 4) Male



Sabrewing,_Wedge-tailed Campylopterus curvipennis Found: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Dominic_Sherony - Belize 3)
Jerry_Oldennettel - Guatemala


Sabrewing_White-tailed Campylopterus ensipennis Found: northeast Venezuela, Tobago
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Steve Garvie 3, 4)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Kusmin_and_Api, Faraaz_Abdool



Genus Chalybura
Found in: Central America, northern South Americaq
Plumeleteer,_Bronze-tailed Chalybura urochrysia Found: Hondoras to Columbia and just into Ecuador
Image by: 1)
Hans Hillewaert - Costa Rica 2)
Michael_Woodruff - Costa Rica 3)
Nick Athanas - Panama 4)
Aaron_Maizlish - Panama



Plumeleteer,_White-vented Chalybura buffonii Found: Panama, Columbia, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 6)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador, Panama 3)
Jerry Oldenettel - Venezulea 4)
Dominic
Sherony 5)
Francesco
Verones
2, 3, 4) Female
5, 6) Male
2)
C.b. intermedia 6)
C. b. micans





Genus Chlorestes - 1 species
Sapphire,_Blue-chinned Chlorestes notata Found: South America
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Mike_and_Chris 3)
Eduardo Skinner 4)
Brendan_Ryan



Genus Chlorostilbon
The Emeralds are found in:
Amazilia, Chlorostilbon, Elvira.
All species in this genus have straight black or black-and-red bills. The males are overall iridescent green, golden-green or bluish-green, and in some species the tail and/or throat is blue. The females have whitish-gray underparts, tail-corners and post-ocular streak.
Emerald,_Blue-tailed Chlorostilbon mellisugus Found: northern South America
Image by:
1, 3) Yannick_Turbe 2)
Barloventomagico - Venezuela 4)
Nick Athanas - Peru




Emerald,_Canivet's Chlorostilbon canivetii Found: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Tom_Benson - Hondoras 3, 4)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Oliver_Komar, Brian_Sullivan 5)
Nick Athanas - Mexico
2, 3) Female 4, 5) Male




Emerald,_Chiribiquete Chlorostilbon olivaresi Found: southern Columbia
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
hbw.com

Emerald,_Coppery Chlorostilbon russatus Found: mainly Columbia; also Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Robert_Lewis
2) Female 3) Male

Emerald,_Cozumel Chlorostilbon forficatus Found: Cozumel off the coast of Mexico
Image by: 1)
dFaulder 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Jeff_Maw
1) Female 2) Male

Emerald,_Cuban Chlorostilbon ricordii Found: Cuba and 3 other islands
Image by: 1)
Charles_J_Sharp 2)
katerina Chernetsova 3)
Ruestz 4)
Ian_Morton
1) Female 2 - 4) Male



Emerald,_Garden Chlorostilbon assimilis Found: Costa Rica, Panama
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Andres_Hernandez - Panama 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online-Alexander_ Clark in Costa Rica
2) Female 3) Male


Emerald,_Glittering-bellied Chlorostilbon lucidus Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uraguay
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 3)
Dario
Sanches - Brazil 4)
Marcos
André 5)
Saguzar 6) Ron_Knight
2, 3, 4) Female
5, 6, 7) Male






Emerald,_Gold-crowned Chlorostilbon auriceps Found: western Mexico
Image by:
1, 2) Sean_Hoyer - Yelapa, Jalisco, Mexico 3)
Francesco Veronesi
1) Female 2, 3) Male


Emerald,_Green-tailed Chlorostilbon alice Found: Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas - Venezuela 5)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Margareta_Wieser
2) Female 3) Male


Emerald,_Hispaniolan Chlorostilbon swainsonii Found: Dominican Republic, Haiti
Image by: 1)
Carlos De Soto Molinari 2, 3) ZankaM - Dominican Republic 4)
Rafy_Rodriguez
1) Juvenile and mother
2 - 4) Male



Emerald,_Narrow-tailed Chlorostilbon stenurus Found: Columbia, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cephas Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Markus_Craig, Margareta_Wieser
2) Female 3) Male


Emerald,_Puerto_Rican Chlorostilbon maugaeus Found: Puerto
Rico
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Rafy_Rodriguez


Emerald,_Red-billed Chlorostilbon gibsoni Found: Columbia, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 4) Nick Athanas - Columbia 3)
Ron_Knight - Columbia 4)
Neil Orlando Diaz Martinez




Emerald,_Short-tailed Chlorostilbon poortmani Found: Columbia, Venezuela
Image by: 1, 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Peter_Hawrylyshyn, Felix_Uribe 3)
Felix_Uribe
1) Female 2) Male


Emerald,_Western Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus Found: Columbia, Ecuador
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 6) Nick Athanas - Ecuador 3)
Alejandro_Tamayo 4)
Alan_Cassidy - Ecuador 5)
Michael_Woodruff
2, 3) Female 4 - 6) Male





Genus Chrysuronia - 1 species
Sapphire,_Golden-tailed Chrysuronia oenone Found: Venezuela to Bolivia
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas - Peru
3, 4) Barloventomagico - Venezuela 5)
Joseph_Boone - Ecuador




Genus Cyanophaia - 1 species
Hummingbird,_Blue-headed Cyanophaia bicolor Found: Dominica, Martinique
Image by: 1)
Don_Faulkner 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Frantz_Delcroix 3)
Charles_J_Sharp


Genus Cynanthus
Hummingbird,_Broad-billed Cynanthus latirostris Found:
southwest United States to Mexico
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Elaine R Wilson - Arizona 3)
Dick - Arizona 4)
Alan D Wilson 5, 6, 7) Dick Daniels - San Diego Zoo 8)
Sandy Cole - San Diego Zoo
1) Female 2) Juvenile male 3- 7) Male







Hummingbird,_Dusky Cynanthus sordidus Found: Mexico
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 3) Jerry_Oldenettel


Genus Elvira
The Emeralds are found in:
Amazilia, Chlorostilbon, Elvira.
Emerald,_Coppery-headed Elvira cupreiceps Found: Costa Rica
Image by: 1)
ChrisHodgesUK 2)
Andy_Jones 3)
Tom_Lenz 4)
Becky_Matsubara 5)
Charles_J_Sharp
1, 2) Female 3 - 5) Male




Emerald,_White-tailed Elvira chionura Found: Costa Rica, Panama
Image by: 1)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Miguel in Panama 2)
Nick Athanas - Panama
1) Female 2) Male

Genus Eupetomena - 1 species
Hummingbird,_Swallow-tailed Eupetomena macroura Found: South America
Image by:
1, 2 ) Dario Sanches in
Brazil 3)
Nick Athanas - Brazil 4)
Bernard_Dupont



Genus Eupherusa
Species of Eupherusa are medium sized hummingbirds with straight black bills and square-tipped tails; all species also have extensive white in the tail, and a rufous wing patch.
Hummingbird,_Black-bellied Eupherusa nigriventris Found: Costa Rica, Panama
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Raul_Vega 3)
Francesco_Veronesi - Costa Rica 4)
Nick Athanas 5)
Pat1479 - Costa Rica
2) Female 3, 4, 5) Male




Hummingbird,_Blue-capped Eupherusa cyanophrys Found: Sierra Miahuatlán mountains of Oaxaca, Mexico
Image by: 1)
Francesco_Veronesi 2, 3) Nick_Athanas 3)
Amy_McAndrews 4)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Christoph_Moning
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male



Hummingbird,_Stripe-tailed Eupherusa eximia Found: southern Mexico to Panama
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Brendan_Ryan 3)
Nick Athanas 4) Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Flora Bittermann 5)
Sylvere_Corre - Costa Rica 6)
Dirk_van_der_Made - Costa Rica





Hummingbird,_White-tailed_ Eupherusa poliocerca Found: southwest Mexico
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Steven_Davies 3)
Nick Athanas


Genus Goethalsia - 1 species
Hummingbird,_Pirre Goethalsia bella Found: Columbia, Panama
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Andrew_Spencer
2) Female 3) Male


Genus Goldmania - 1 species
Hummingbird,_Violet-capped Goldmania violiceps Found: northwest Columbia, eastern Panama
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick_Athanas 3, 4) Dave Curtis - Panama
2) Female 3,. 4) Male
(same male, different angles)



Genus Hylocharis
Hylocharis are medium sized hummingbirds with straight bills that are bright red, with a black tip, and that are broad at the base. The sexes are similar in pattern, but females are duller in color.
Goldentail,_Blue-throated Hylocharis eliciae Found: Mexico, Central Amercia
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Sam_Maas, Jorge_Arroyo 4)
Alan_Harper - Honduras



Hummingbird,_White-eared Hylocharis leucotis also
Basilinna leucotis Found:southwest North America and Central Americ
a
Image by: 1) )
Cephas 2, 6) nebirdsplus - Arizona 3)
Jerry Oldenettel - Mexico 4)
Dominic Sherony 5)
Seabamirum





Hummingbird,_Xantus's Hylocharis xantusii Found: Baja California
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Steven_Mlodinow 3)
marlin_harms 4)
Amy McAndrews
2) Female 3, 4) Male



Sapphire,_Blue-headed Hylocharis grayi Found: Columbia; Ecuador
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 5) Nick Athanas - Ecuador Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online-Roger_Ahlman 4)
Alejandro_Tamayo 6)
Mateo_gable - Columbia





Sapphire,_Gilded also
Gilded Hummingbird Hylocharis chrysura Found: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uraguay
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas 3)
Gustavo_Duran - Argentina 4)
Lip_Kee - Argentina 5)
Dario Sanches - Brazil 6)
Cristiano Crolle - Argentina





Sapphire,_Humblodt's Hylocharis humboldtii Found: mainly Columbia; also Ecuador, Panama
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Trevor_Ellery 2, 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Trevor_Ellery
1) Female 2) Male


Sapphire,_Rufous-throated Hylocharis sapphirina Found: South America
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Arthur_Grosset, Roger_Le_Guen
2) Female 3) Male


Sapphire,_White-chinned Hylocharis cyanus Found: South America
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 3) Dario Sanches - Brazil 4)
Nick Athanas
2) Female 3, 4) Male



Gemus Juliamyia - 1 species
Hummingbird,_Violet-bellied Juliamyia julie also
Damophila julie Found: Panama, Columbia, Ecuador
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2, 3)
Nick Athanas - Panama 4)
Dave Curtis - Panama
2) Female 3, 4) Male



Genus Klais - 1 species
Hummingbird,_Violet-headed Klais guimeti Found: Central America and northern South America
Image by:
1, 4) Nick Athanas - Ecuador
2, 3) Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica
1, 2) Female 3, 4) Male



Genus Lepidopyga
Hummingbird,_Sapphire-bellied Lepidopyga lilliae Found: Columbia
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas 3, 4)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Neil_Diaz, Cory_Gregory
2, 3, 4) Male



Hummingbird,_Sapphire-throated Lepidopyga coeruleogularis Found: Panama, Columbia
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Dick_Culbert 3, 4) Nick Athanas 5)
Alejandro_Tamayo
2) Female 3 - 5) Male



Hummingbird,_Shining-green Lepidopyga goudoti Found: Columbia, Venezuela
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Alonso_Quevedo_Gil 3)
Nick Athanas


Genus Leucippus
Hummingbird,_Buffy Leucippus fallax Found: mainly Venezuela; also Columbia
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas - Columbia 3)
The_Photographer - Venezuela


Hummingbird,_Olive-spotted Leucippus chlorocercus Found: Brazil, Ecuador, Peru
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Kelley Sampeck

Hummingbird,_Spot-throated Leucippus taczanowskii Found: northwest Peru
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Richard_Gibbons 3)
Nick Athanas


Hummingbird,_Tumbes Leucippus baeri Found: mainly Peru; also Ecuador
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Jorge_Montejo - Peru 3)
David Cook 4, 5) Nic k Athanas - Peru




Hummingbird,_White-throated Leucochloris albicollis Found: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguray, Uraguay
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Dario_Sanches - Brazil 3)
Nick Athanas 4)
Claudio_Timm - Brazil 5)
Dario Sanches - Brazil 6)
Rodrigo
Moraes - Brazil 7)
Cristiano Crolle - Argentina






Genus Microchera - 1 species
Hummingbird,_Snowcap also
Snowcap Microchera albocoronataFound: Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Tom_Benson - Costa Rica 3)
Carol_Foil - Costa Rica 4)
Nick Athanas - Costa Rica 5)
Tom_Benson - Costa Rica
2) Juvenile male 3) Female 4, 5) Male



Genus Orthorhyncus - 1 species
Hummingbird, Antillean Crested Orthorhyncus cristatus Found:
The Caribbean
Image by:
1, 2, 3) Dick Daniels - Puerto Rico 4)
Charles_J_Sharp



Genus Phaeochroa - 1 species
Hummingbird,_Scaly-breasted Phaeochroa cuvierii Found: Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, MX, Nicaragua, Panama
Image by: 1)
Cephas 2)
Nick Athanas - Panama 3)
Francesco_Veronesi - Costa Rica
4, 5) Andy_Morffew - Costa Rica




Genus Selasphorus
Hummingbird, Allen's Selasphorus sasin Found: west USA to Mexico
Image by: 1)
Asicnewbie 2)
Paul McGuire 3)
Vickie Rogers - California 4)
Len Blumin - California 5)
Andrej_Chudy - California
1, 2) Female 3, 4, 5) Male




Hummingbird, Broad-tailed Selasphorus platycercusFound: North America
Image by:1)
Cephas 2)
Danorton
3)
Sandy Cole -
Butterfly World, Florida
4, 5) Dick Daniels -
Butterfly World 6)
Chuck Roberts - Colorado 7)
Dick -
Desert Museum aviary in Tuscon, Arizona
2, 3, 4) Female 5, 6, 7) Male






Hummingbird,_Calliope Selasphorus calliope Found:
west North America
Image by: 1)
Clark Miller 2)
Wolfgang Wander 3)
Ted Grussing -
Sedona, AZ 4)
Jerry Oldenettel -New Mexico 5)
Doug Olberding 6)
Jeremy Yoder - Idaho 7)
Len Blumin
1) Juvenile 2, 3, 4) Female 5, 6, 7) Male





Hummingbird,_Glow-throated Selasphorus ardens Found: Panama
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Cephas 2)
John_Gerrard_Keulemans

Hummingbird, Rufous Selasphorus rufus Found: west North America
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Sberardi 2, 3) Brendan Lally 4)
Dean Biggins, USFWS 5)
Dick Daniels in California 6)
Rick Leche 7)
Sandy Cole -
Butterfly World, Florida
1, 2, 3) Female 4, 5, 6, 7) Male





Hummingbird,_Scintillant Selasphorus scintilla Found: Costa
Rica, Panama
Image by:
1, 2 Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica
3, 4) Patty McGann - Panama 5)
Len Blumin - Costa Rica 6)
Matt MacGillvray - Costa Rica
7, 9) Dick Daniels - Boquette, Panama 8)
Nick Athanas - Costa Rica








Hummingbird,_Volcano Selasphorus Flammula Found: Costa Rica, western Panama
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Cephas 2)
Gail Hampshire - Costa Rica 3)
Greg Gilbert - Costa Rica 5)
Jerry Oldenettel - Mirador de Quetzals, Costa Rica
4, 6, 7) Dick Daniels - Boquette, Panama 8)
Nick Athanas - Costa Rica






Genus Stephanoxis
The Green-crowned Plovercrest and Violet-crowned Plovercrest were previously considered one species, the Plovercrest (
Stephanoxis lalandi).
Plovercrest,_Green-crowned Stephanoxis lalandi Found: Brazil
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Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Claudio_Dias_Timm 2)
Dario Sanches - São Paulo, Brazil 3)
Nick Athanas
1) Female 2, 3) Male


Plovercrest,_Violet-crowned Stephanoxis loddigesii Found: Brazil
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Carlos_Henrique 2)
Brendan_Ryan 3)
Nick Athanas - São Paulo state, Brazil.


Genus Taphrospilus - 1 species
Hummingbird,_Many-spotted Taphrospilus hypostictus Found: Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru
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Cephas 2)
Joseph Boone 3)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador 4)
Joao_Quental - Peru



Genus Thalurania
Woodnymph,_Emerald-bellied also
Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica hypochlora Found: mainly Ecuador; also Peru
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Nick Athanas - Ecuador 2)
Francesco_Veronesi - Ecuador
2) Male

Woodnymph,_Fork-tailed Thalurania furcata Found: Brazil and neighboring countries
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Cephas 2)
Fernando Fernandes da Silva 3)
Ambientalista_e_fotografo_amador 4)
Hector Bottai 4)
Nick Athanas - Ecuador
Tony_Morris - Venezuela
2, 3) Female 4 - 6) Male




Woodnymph,_Green-crowned Thalurania fannyi Found:
Panama, Columbia, Ecuador
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Cephas 2)
Jerry_Oldenettel - Ecuador 3, 4)
Nick Athanas 5)
thibaudaronson - Columbia
2, 3) Female 4, 5) Male




Woodnymph,_Long-tailed Thalurania watertonii Found: eastern Brazi
lImage by: 1)
Cephas 2, 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Ciro_Albano, Stephen_John_Jones 4)
Nick Athanas
2) Female 3,m 4) Male



Woodnymph,_Mexican Thalurania ridgwayi Found: western Mexico
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Cephas 2, 3)
Cornell_Univ's_Neotropical_Birds_Online - Mark_Stackhouse, Chris_Wood
4) Moore Laboratory
2) Female 3, 4) Male



Woodnymph,_Violet-capped Thalurania glaucopis Found: southern Brazil Parguay, Uraguay
Image by:
1, 3, 4, 6)
Dario Sanches - Brazil 2)
digitearte 6)
Nick Athanas - Brazil
1, 2) Female 2 - 6) Male





Woodnymph,_Violet-crowned also
Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica Found:
South America
Image by: 1) Peter_Nijenhuis - Costa Rica
2, 4,
6)
Nick Athanas 3)
Sebastian_Davila 5)
Jerry Oldenettel - Costa Rica
1 - 3) Female 4 0 6) Male
2, 4)
T. c. venusta 6)
T. c. colombica




Genus Trochilus
Found in: Jamaica
Streamertail, Black-billed Trochilus scitulus Found: Jamaica
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Nick_Athanas 2)
Dominic Sherony
1) Female 2) Male

Streamertail, Red-billed Trochilus polytmus Found: Jamaica
Image by:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8) Dick Daniels - Lime Tree Farm, Blue Mountains, Jamaica
9, 10) Dick - Rockland Feeding Station, Jamaica
1 - 4) Female 5 - 10) Male








