List of hummingbirds facts for kids
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 366 hummingbird species in family Trochilidae, and distributes them among 112 genera. One extinct species known only from a 19th century specimen, Brace's emerald, is included. This list is presented in IOC taxonomic sequence and is also sortable alphabetically by common name and binomial name.
Antillean crested hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus
Black-throated mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
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Blue-chinned sapphire Chlorestes notata
Blue-headed hummingbird Riccordia bicolor
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Broad-billed hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris
Brown violetear Colibri delphinae
Buff-tailed coronet Boissonneaua flavescens
Chestnut-breasted coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
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Copper-rumped hummingbird Amazilia tobaci
Costa's hummingbird Calypte costae
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Jamaican mango Anthracothorax mango
Purple-throated carib Eulampis jugularis
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Red-billed streamertail Trochilus polytmus
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Ruby-topaz hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
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Rufous-breasted hermit Glaucis hirsutus
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Vervain hummingbird Mellisuga minima
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White-necked jacobin Florisuga mellivora
| Common name | Binomial name + authority | IOC sequence |
|---|---|---|
| Crimson topaz | Topaza pella (Linnaeus, 1758) | 1 |
| Fiery topaz | Topaza pyra (Gould, 1846) | 2 |
| White-necked jacobin | Florisuga mellivora (Linnaeus, 1758) | 3 |
| Black jacobin | Florisuga fusca (Vieillot, 1817) | 4 |
| White-tipped sicklebill | Eutoxeres aquila (Bourcier, 1847) | 5 |
| Buff-tailed sicklebill | Eutoxeres condamini (Bourcier, 1851) | 6 |
| Saw-billed hermit | Ramphodon naevius (Dumont, 1818) | 7 |
| Hook-billed hermit | Glaucis dohrnii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) | 8 |
| Bronzy hermit | Glaucis aeneus Lawrence, 1868 | 9 |
| Rufous-breasted hermit | Glaucis hirsutus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 10 |
| Band-tailed barbthroat | Threnetes ruckeri (Bourcier, 1847) | 11 |
| Pale-tailed barbthroat | Threnetes leucurus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 12 |
| Sooty barbthroat | Threnetes niger (Linnaeus, 1758) | 13 |
| Broad-tipped hermit | Anopetia gounellei (Boucard, 1891) | 14 |
| Dusky-throated hermit | Phaethornis squalidus (Temminck, 1822) | 15 |
| Streak-throated hermit | Phaethornis rupurumii Boucard, 1892 | 16 |
| Little hermit | Phaethornis longuemareus (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 17 |
| Tapajos hermit | Phaethornis aethopygus Zimmer, JT, 1950 | 18 |
| Minute hermit | Phaethornis idaliae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1856) | 19 |
| Cinnamon-throated hermit | Phaethornis nattereri Berlepsch, 1887 | 20 |
| Black-throated hermit | Phaethornis atrimentalis Lawrence, 1858 | 21 |
| Stripe-throated hermit | Phaethornis striigularis Gould, 1854 | 22 |
| Grey-chinned hermit | Phaethornis griseogularis Gould, 1851 | 23 |
| Reddish hermit | Phaethornis ruber (Linnaeus, 1758) | 24 |
| White-browed hermit | Phaethornis stuarti Hartert, EJO, 1897 | 25 |
| Buff-bellied hermit | Phaethornis subochraceus Todd, 1915 | 26 |
| Sooty-capped hermit | Phaethornis augusti (Bourcier, 1847) | 27 |
| Planalto hermit | Phaethornis pretrei (Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839) | 28 |
| Scale-throated hermit | Phaethornis eurynome (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 29 |
| Pale-bellied hermit | Phaethornis anthophilus (Bourcier, 1843) | 30 |
| White-bearded hermit | Phaethornis hispidus (Gould, 1846) | 31 |
| White-whiskered hermit | Phaethornis yaruqui (Bourcier, 1851) | 32 |
| Green hermit | Phaethornis guy (Lesson, RP, 1833) | 33 |
| Tawny-bellied hermit | Phaethornis syrmatophorus Gould, 1852 | 34 |
| Koepcke's hermit | Phaethornis koepckeae Weske & Terborgh, 1977 | 35 |
| Needle-billed hermit | Phaethornis philippii (Bourcier, 1847) | 36 |
| Straight-billed hermit | Phaethornis bourcieri (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 37 |
| Mexican hermit | Phaethornis mexicanus Hartert, EJO, 1897 | 38 |
| Long-billed hermit | Phaethornis longirostris (Delattre, 1843) | 39 |
| Long-tailed hermit | Phaethornis superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 40 |
| Great-billed hermit | Phaethornis malaris (Nordmann, 1835) | 41 |
| Green-fronted lancebill | Doryfera ludovicae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1847) | 42 |
| Blue-fronted lancebill | Doryfera johannae (Bourcier, 1847) | 43 |
| White-throated daggerbill | Schistes albogularis Gould, 1852 | 44 |
| Geoffroy's daggerbill | Schistes geoffroyi (Bourcier, 1843) | 45 |
| Hyacinth visorbearer | Augastes scutatus (Temminck, 1824) | 46 |
| Hooded visorbearer | Augastes lumachella (Lesson, RP, 1839) | 47 |
| Brown violetear | Colibri delphinae (Lesson, RP, 1839) | 48 |
| Mexican violetear | Colibri thalassinus (Swainson, 1827) | 49 |
| Lesser violetear | Colibri cyanotus (Bourcier, 1843) | 50 |
| Sparkling violetear | Colibri coruscans (Gould, 1846) | 51 |
| White-vented violetear | Colibri serrirostris (Vieillot, 1816) | 52 |
| Tooth-billed hummingbird | Androdon aequatorialis Gould, 1863 | 53 |
| Horned sungem | Heliactin bilophus (Temminck, 1820) | 54 |
| Purple-crowned fairy | Heliothryx barroti (Bourcier, 1843) | 55 |
| Black-eared fairy | Heliothryx auritus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 56 |
| White-tailed goldenthroat | Polytmus guainumbi (Pallas, 1764) | 57 |
| Tepui goldenthroat | Polytmus milleri (Chapman, 1929) | 58 |
| Green-tailed goldenthroat | Polytmus theresiae (Da Silva Maia, 1843) | 59 |
| Fiery-tailed awlbill | Avocettula recurvirostris (Swainson, 1822) | 60 |
| Ruby-topaz hummingbird | Chrysolampis mosquitus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 61 |
| Jamaican mango | Anthracothorax mango (Linnaeus, 1758) | 62 |
| Green-throated mango | Anthracothorax viridigula (Boddaert, 1783) | 63 |
| Green-breasted mango | Anthracothorax prevostii (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 64 |
| Veraguan mango | Anthracothorax veraguensis Reichenbach, 1855 | 65 |
| Black-throated mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis (Vieillot, 1817) | 66 |
| Hispaniolan mango | Anthracothorax dominicus (Linnaeus, 1766) | 67 |
| Puerto Rican mango | Anthracothorax aurulentus (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) | 68 |
| Green mango | Anthracothorax viridis (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) | 69 |
| Green-throated carib | Eulampis holosericeus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 70 |
| Purple-throated carib | Eulampis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1766) | 71 |
| Orange-throated sunangel | Heliangelus mavors Gould, 1848 | 72 |
| Amethyst-throated sunangel | Heliangelus amethysticollis (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838) | 73 |
| Longuemare's sunangel | Heliangelus clarisse (Longuemare, 1841) | 74 |
| Merida sunangel | Heliangelus spencei (Bourcier, 1847) | 75 |
| Gorgeted sunangel | Heliangelus strophianus (Gould, 1846) | 76 |
| Tourmaline sunangel | Heliangelus exortis (Fraser, 1840) | 77 |
| Flame-throated sunangel | Heliangelus micraster Gould, 1872 | 78 |
| Purple-throated sunangel | Heliangelus viola Gould, 1853 | 79 |
| Royal sunangel | Heliangelus regalis Fitzpatrick, Willard & Terborgh, 1979 | 80 |
| Green-backed firecrown | Sephanoides sephaniodes (Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827) | 81 |
| Juan Fernandez firecrown | Sephanoides fernandensis (King, PP, 1831) | 82 |
| Green thorntail | Discosura conversii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) | 83 |
| Wire-crested thorntail | Discosura popelairii (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1846) | 84 |
| Black-bellied thorntail | Discosura langsdorffi (Temminck, 1821) | 85 |
| Letitia's thorntail | Discosura letitiae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) | 86 |
| Racket-tailed coquette | Discosura longicaudus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 87 |
| Tufted coquette | Lophornis ornatus (Boddaert, 1783) | 88 |
| Dot-eared coquette | Lophornis gouldii (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 89 |
| Frilled coquette | Lophornis magnificus (Vieillot, 1817) | 90 |
| Short-crested coquette | Lophornis brachylophus Moore, RT, 1949 | 91 |
| Rufous-crested coquette | Lophornis delattrei (Lesson, RP, 1839) | 92 |
| Spangled coquette | Lophornis stictolophus Salvin & Elliot, DG, 1873 | 93 |
| Festive coquette | Lophornis chalybeus (Temminck, 1821) | 94 |
| Butterfly coquette | Lophornis verreauxii Bourcier, 1853 | 95 |
| Peacock coquette | Lophornis pavoninus Salvin & Godman, 1882 | 96 |
| Black-crested coquette | Lophornis helenae (Delattre, 1843) | 97 |
| White-crested coquette | Lophornis adorabilis Salvin, 1870 | 98 |
| Ecuadorian piedtail | Phlogophilus hemileucurus Gould, 1860 | 99 |
| Peruvian piedtail | Phlogophilus harterti Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1901 | 100 |
| Speckled hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys (Fraser, 1840) | 101 |
| Long-tailed sylph | Aglaiocercus kingii (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 102 |
| Violet-tailed sylph | Aglaiocercus coelestis (Gould, 1861) | 103 |
| Venezuelan sylph | Aglaiocercus berlepschi (Hartert, EJO, 1898) | 104 |
| Red-tailed comet | Sappho sparganurus (Shaw, 1812) | 105 |
| Bronze-tailed comet | Polyonymus caroli (Bourcier, 1847) | 106 |
| Grey-bellied comet | Taphrolesbia griseiventris (Taczanowski, 1883) | 107 |
| Andean hillstar | Oreotrochilus estella (d'Orbigny, 1838) | 108 |
| White-sided hillstar | Oreotrochilus leucopleurus Gould, 1847 | 109 |
| Ecuadorian hillstar | Oreotrochilus chimborazo (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | 110 |
| Blue-throated hillstar | Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus Sornoza-Molina, Freile, Nilsson, J, Krabbe & Bonaccorso, 2018 | 111 |
| Green-headed hillstar | Oreotrochilus stolzmanni Salvin, 1895 | 112 |
| Black-breasted hillstar | Oreotrochilus melanogaster Gould, 1847 | 113 |
| Wedge-tailed hillstar | Oreotrochilus adela (d'Orbigny, 1838) | 114 |
| Mountain avocetbill | Opisthoprora euryptera (Loddiges, 1832) | 115 |
| Black-tailed trainbearer | Lesbia victoriae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) | 116 |
| Green-tailed trainbearer | Lesbia nuna (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 117 |
| Black-backed thornbill | Ramphomicron dorsale Salvin & Godman, 1880 | 118 |
| Purple-backed thornbill | Ramphomicron microrhynchum (Boissonneau, 1840) | 119 |
| Bearded mountaineer | Oreonympha nobilis Gould, 1869 | 120 |
| Buffy helmetcrest | Oxypogon stuebelii Meyer, AB, 1884 | 121 |
| Blue-bearded helmetcrest | Oxypogon cyanolaemus Salvin & Godman, 1880 | 122 |
| White-bearded helmetcrest | Oxypogon lindenii (Parzudaki, 1845) | 123 |
| Green-bearded helmetcrest | Oxypogon guerinii (Boissonneau, 1840) | 124 |
| Bronze-tailed thornbill | Chalcostigma heteropogon (Boissonneau, 1840) | 125 |
| Rainbow-bearded thornbill | Chalcostigma herrani (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | 126 |
| Rufous-capped thornbill | Chalcostigma ruficeps (Gould, 1846) | 127 |
| Olivaceous thornbill | Chalcostigma olivaceum (Lawrence, 1864) | 128 |
| Blue-mantled thornbill | Chalcostigma stanleyi (Bourcier, 1851) | 129 |
| Tyrian metaltail | Metallura tyrianthina (Loddiges, 1832) | 130 |
| Perija metaltail | Metallura iracunda Wetmore, 1946 | 131 |
| Viridian metaltail | Metallura williami (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | 132 |
| Violet-throated metaltail | Metallura baroni Salvin, 1893 | 133 |
| Neblina metaltail | Metallura odomae Graves, GR, 1980 | 134 |
| Coppery metaltail | Metallura theresiae Simon, 1902 | 135 |
| Fiery-throated metaltail | Metallura eupogon (Cabanis, 1874) | 136 |
| Scaled metaltail | Metallura aeneocauda (Gould, 1846) | 137 |
| Black metaltail | Metallura phoebe (Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839) | 138 |
| Greenish puffleg | Haplophaedia aureliae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) | 139 |
| Buff-thighed puffleg | Haplophaedia assimilis (Elliot, DG, 1876) | 140 |
| Hoary puffleg | Haplophaedia lugens (Gould, 1852) | 141 |
| Black-breasted puffleg | Eriocnemis nigrivestis (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) | 142 |
| Gorgeted puffleg | Eriocnemis isabellae Cortés-Diago, Ortega, Mazariegos-Hurtado & Weller, 2007 | 143 |
| Glowing puffleg | Eriocnemis vestita (Lesson, RP, 1839) | 144 |
| Black-thighed puffleg | Eriocnemis derbyi (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | 145 |
| Turquoise-throated puffleg | Eriocnemis godini (Bourcier, 1851) | 146 |
| Coppery-bellied puffleg | Eriocnemis cupreoventris (Fraser, 1840) | 147 |
| Sapphire-vented puffleg | Eriocnemis luciani (Bourcier, 1847) | 148 |
| Golden-breasted puffleg | Eriocnemis mosquera (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | 149 |
| Blue-capped puffleg | Eriocnemis glaucopoides (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838) | 150 |
| Colorful puffleg | Eriocnemis mirabilis Meyer de Schauensee, 1967 | 151 |
| Emerald-bellied puffleg | Eriocnemis aline (Bourcier, 1843) | 152 |
| Marvelous spatuletail | Loddigesia mirabilis (Bourcier, 1847) | 153 |
| Shining sunbeam | Aglaeactis cupripennis (Bourcier, 1843) | 154 |
| White-tufted sunbeam | Aglaeactis castelnaudii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848) | 155 |
| Purple-backed sunbeam | Aglaeactis aliciae Salvin, 1896 | 156 |
| Black-hooded sunbeam | Aglaeactis pamela (d'Orbigny, 1838) | 157 |
| Bronzy inca | Coeligena coeligena (Lesson, RP, 1833) | 158 |
| Brown inca | Coeligena wilsoni (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | 159 |
| Black inca | Coeligena prunellei (Bourcier, 1843) | 160 |
| Green inca | Coeligena conradii (Bourcier, 1847) | 161 |
| Collared inca | Coeligena torquata (Boissonneau, 1840) | 162 |
| Gould's inca | Coeligena inca (Gould, 1852) | 163 |
| Violet-throated starfrontlet | Coeligena violifer (Gould, 1846) | 164 |
| Rainbow starfrontlet | Coeligena iris (Gould, 1853) | 165 |
| White-tailed starfrontlet | Coeligena phalerata (Bangs, 1898) | 166 |
| Dusky starfrontlet | Coeligena orina Wetmore, 1953 | 167 |
| Buff-winged starfrontlet | Coeligena lutetiae (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | 168 |
| Perija starfrontlet | Coeligena consita Wetmore & Phelps, WH Jr, 1952 | 169 |
| Golden-bellied starfrontlet | Coeligena bonapartei (Boissonneau, 1840) | 170 |
| Golden-tailed starfrontlet | Coeligena eos (Gould, 1848) | 171 |
| Blue-throated starfrontlet | Coeligena helianthea (Lesson, RP, 1839) | 172 |
| Mountain velvetbreast | Lafresnaya lafresnayi (Boissonneau, 1840) | 173 |
| Sword-billed hummingbird | Ensifera ensifera (Boissonneau, 1840) | 174 |
| Great sapphirewing | Pterophanes cyanopterus (Fraser, 1840) | 175 |
| Buff-tailed coronet | Boissonneaua flavescens (Loddiges, 1832) | 176 |
| Chestnut-breasted coronet | Boissonneaua matthewsii (Bourcier, 1847) | 177 |
| Velvet-purple coronet | Boissonneaua jardini (Bourcier, 1851) | 178 |
| White-booted racket-tail | Ocreatus underwoodii (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 179 |
| Peruvian racket-tail | Ocreatus peruanus (Gould, 1849) | 180 |
| Rufous-booted racket-tail | Ocreatus addae (Bourcier, 1846) | 181 |
| Rufous-gaped hillstar | Urochroa bougueri (Bourcier, 1851) | 182 |
| Green-backed hillstar | Urochroa leucura Lawrence, 1864 | 183 |
| Purple-bibbed whitetip | Urosticte benjamini (Bourcier, 1851) | 184 |
| Rufous-vented whitetip | Urosticte ruficrissa Lawrence, 1864 | 185 |
| Velvet-browed brilliant | Heliodoxa xanthogonys Salvin & Godman, 1882 | 186 |
| Pink-throated brilliant | Heliodoxa gularis (Gould, 1860) | 187 |
| Rufous-webbed brilliant | Heliodoxa branickii (Taczanowski, 1874) | 188 |
| Black-throated brilliant | Heliodoxa schreibersii (Bourcier, 1847) | 189 |
| Gould's jewelfront | Heliodoxa aurescens (Gould, 1846) | 190 |
| Fawn-breasted brilliant | Heliodoxa rubinoides (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) | 191 |
| Green-crowned brilliant | Heliodoxa jacula Gould, 1850 | 192 |
| Empress brilliant | Heliodoxa imperatrix (Gould, 1856) | 193 |
| Violet-fronted brilliant | Heliodoxa leadbeateri (Bourcier, 1843) | 194 |
| Brazilian Ruby | Heliodoxa rubricauda (Boddaert, 1783) | 195 |
| Giant hummingbird | Patagona gigas (Vieillot, 1824) | 196 |
| Violet-chested hummingbird | Sternoclyta cyanopectus (Gould, 1846) | 197 |
| Scissor-tailed hummingbird | Hylonympha macrocerca Gould, 1873 | 198 |
| Rivoli's hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens (Swainson, 1827) | 199 |
| Talamanca hummingbird | Eugenes spectabilis (Lawrence, 1867) | 200 |
| Fiery-throated hummingbird | Panterpe insignis Cabanis & Heine, 1860 | 201 |
| Long-billed starthroat | Heliomaster longirostris (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) | 202 |
| Plain-capped starthroat | Heliomaster constantii (Delattre, 1843) | 203 |
| Stripe-breasted starthroat | Heliomaster squamosus (Temminck, 1823) | 204 |
| Blue-tufted starthroat | Heliomaster furcifer (Shaw, 1812) | 205 |
| White-bellied mountaingem | Lampornis hemileucus (Salvin, 1865) | 206 |
| Blue-throated mountaingem | Lampornis clemenciae (Lesson, RP, 1830) | 207 |
| Amethyst-throated mountaingem | Lampornis amethystinus Swainson, 1827 | 208 |
| Green-throated mountaingem | Lampornis viridipallens (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) | 209 |
| Green-breasted mountaingem | Lampornis sybillae (Salvin & Godman, 1892) | 210 |
| Purple-throated mountaingem | Lampornis calolaemus (Salvin, 1865) | 211 |
| Grey-tailed mountaingem | Lampornis cinereicauda (Lawrence, 1867) | 212 |
| White-throated mountaingem | Lampornis castaneoventris (Gould, 1851) | 213 |
| Garnet-throated hummingbird | Lamprolaima rhami (Lesson, RP, 1839) | 214 |
| Amethyst woodstar | Calliphlox amethystina (Boddaert, 1783) | 215 |
| Purple-collared woodstar | Myrtis fanny (Lesson, RP, 1838) | 216 |
| Oasis hummingbird | Rhodopis vesper (Lesson, RP, 1829) | 217 |
| Short-tailed woodstar | Myrmia micrura (Gould, 1854) | 218 |
| Peruvian sheartail | Thaumastura cora (Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827) | 219 |
| Magenta-throated woodstar | Philodice bryantae (Lawrence, 1867) | 220 |
| Purple-throated woodstar | Philodice mitchellii (Bourcier, 1847) | 221 |
| Chilean woodstar | Eulidia yarrellii (Bourcier, 1847) | 222 |
| Slender-tailed woodstar | Microstilbon burmeisteri (Sclater, PL, 1888) | 223 |
| White-bellied woodstar | Chaetocercus mulsant (Bourcier, 1843) | 224 |
| Little woodstar | Chaetocercus bombus Gould, 1871 | 225 |
| Gorgeted woodstar | Chaetocercus heliodor (Bourcier, 1840) | 226 |
| Santa Marta woodstar | Chaetocercus astreans (Bangs, 1899) | 227 |
| Esmeraldas woodstar | Chaetocercus berlepschi Simon, 1889 | 228 |
| Rufous-shafted woodstar | Chaetocercus jourdanii (Bourcier, 1839) | 229 |
| Sparkling-tailed woodstar | Tilmatura dupontii (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 230 |
| Slender sheartail | Doricha enicura (Vieillot, 1818) | 231 |
| Mexican sheartail | Doricha eliza (Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839) | 232 |
| Lucifer sheartail | Calothorax lucifer (Swainson, 1827) | 233 |
| Beautiful sheartail | Calothorax pulcher Gould, 1859 | 234 |
| Black-chinned hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) | 235 |
| Ruby-throated hummingbird | Archilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758) | 236 |
| Vervain hummingbird | Mellisuga minima (Linnaeus, 1758) | 237 |
| Bee hummingbird | Mellisuga helenae (Lembeye, 1850) | 238 |
| Bahama woodstar | Nesophlox evelynae (Bourcier, 1847) | 239 |
| Inagua woodstar | Nesophlox lyrura (Gould, 1869) | 240 |
| Anna's hummingbird | Calypte anna (Lesson, RP, 1829) | 241 |
| Costa's hummingbird | Calypte costae (Bourcier, 1839) | 242 |
| Calliope hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope (Gould, 1847) | 243 |
| Rufous hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 244 |
| Allen's hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin (Lesson, RP, 1829) | 245 |
| Broad-tailed hummingbird | Selasphorus platycercus (Swainson, 1827) | 246 |
| Bumblebee hummingbird | Selasphorus heloisa (Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839) | 247 |
| Wine-throated hummingbird | Selasphorus ellioti (Ridgway, 1878) | 248 |
| Volcano hummingbird | Selasphorus flammula Salvin, 1865 | 249 |
| Scintillant hummingbird | Selasphorus scintilla (Gould, 1851) | 250 |
| Glow-throated hummingbird | Selasphorus ardens Salvin, 1870 | 251 |
| Dusky hummingbird | Phaeoptila sordida (Gould, 1859) | 252 |
| Cuban emerald | Riccordia ricordii (Gervais, 1835) | 253 |
| Brace's emerald | Riccordia bracei (Lawrence, 1877) | 254 |
| Hispaniolan emerald | Riccordia swainsonii (Lesson, RP, 1829) | 255 |
| Puerto Rican emerald | Riccordia maugaeus (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801) | 256 |
| Blue-headed hummingbird | Riccordia bicolor (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 257 |
| Broad-billed hummingbird | Cynanthus latirostris Swainson, 1827 | 258 |
| Tres Marias hummingbird | Cynanthus lawrencei (Berlepsch, 1887) | 259 |
| Turquoise-crowned hummingbird | Cynanthus doubledayi (Bourcier, 1847) | 260 |
| Golden-crowned emerald | Cynanthus auriceps (Gould, 1852) | 261 |
| Cozumel emerald | Cynanthus forficatus (Ridgway, 1885) | 262 |
| Canivet's emerald | Cynanthus canivetii (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 263 |
| Garden emerald | Chlorostilbon assimilis Lawrence, 1861 | 264 |
| Western emerald | Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus Gould, 1860 | 265 |
| Red-billed emerald | Chlorostilbon gibsoni (Fraser, 1840) | 266 |
| Blue-tailed emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 267 |
| Chiribiquete emerald | Chlorostilbon olivaresi Stiles, 1996 | 268 |
| Glittering-bellied emerald | Chlorostilbon lucidus (Shaw, 1812) | 269 |
| Coppery emerald | Chlorostilbon russatus (Salvin & Godman, 1881) | 270 |
| Narrow-tailed emerald | Chlorostilbon stenurus (Cabanis & Heine, 1860) | 271 |
| Green-tailed emerald | Chlorostilbon alice (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1848) | 272 |
| Short-tailed emerald | Chlorostilbon poortmani (Bourcier, 1843) | 273 |
| White-eared hummingbird | Basilinna leucotis (Vieillot, 1818) | 274 |
| Xantus's hummingbird | Basilinna xantusii (Lawrence, 1860) | 275 |
| Curve-winged sabrewing | Pampa curvipennis (Deppe, 1830) | 276 |
| Wedge-tailed sabrewing | Pampa pampa (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 277 |
| Rufous sabrewing | Pampa rufa (Lesson, RP, 1840) | 278 |
| Emerald-chinned hummingbird | Abeillia abeillei (Lesson, RP & Delattre, 1839) | 279 |
| Violet-headed hummingbird | Klais guimeti (Bourcier, 1843) | 280 |
| Antillean crested hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) | 281 |
| Santa Marta blossomcrown | Anthocephala floriceps (Gould, 1853) | 282 |
| Tolima blossomcrown | Anthocephala berlepschi Salvin, 1893 | 283 |
| Green-crowned plovercrest | Stephanoxis lalandi (Vieillot, 1818) | 284 |
| Purple-crowned plovercrest | Stephanoxis loddigesii (Vigors, 1831) | 285 |
| Grey-breasted sabrewing | Campylopterus largipennis (Boddaert, 1783) | 286 |
| Outcrop sabrewing | Campylopterus calcirupicola Lopes, de Vasconcelos & Gonzaga, 2017 | 287 |
| Diamantina sabrewing | Campylopterus diamantinensis Ruschi, 1963 | 288 |
| Rufous-breasted sabrewing | Campylopterus hyperythrus Cabanis, 1849 | 289 |
| White-tailed sabrewing | Campylopterus ensipennis (Swainson, 1822) | 290 |
| Lazuline sabrewing | Campylopterus falcatus (Swainson, 1821) | 291 |
| Santa Marta sabrewing | Campylopterus phainopeplus Salvin & Godman, 1879 | 292 |
| Violet sabrewing | Campylopterus hemileucurus (Deppe, 1830) | 293 |
| Buff-breasted sabrewing | Campylopterus duidae Chapman, 1929 | 294 |
| Napo sabrewing | Campylopterus villaviscensio (Bourcier, 1851) | 295 |
| Bronze-tailed plumeleteer | Chalybura urochrysia (Gould, 1861) | 296 |
| White-vented plumeleteer | Chalybura buffonii (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 297 |
| Crowned woodnymph | Thalurania colombica (Bourcier, 1843) | 298 |
| Fork-tailed woodnymph | Thalurania furcata (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 299 |
| Long-tailed woodnymph | Thalurania watertonii (Bourcier, 1847) | 300 |
| Violet-capped woodnymph | Thalurania glaucopis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 301 |
| Snowcap | Microchera albocoronata (Lawrence, 1855) | 302 |
| Coppery-headed emerald | Microchera cupreiceps (Lawrence, 1866) | 303 |
| White-tailed emerald | Microchera chionura (Gould, 1851) | 304 |
| Violet-capped hummingbird | Goldmania violiceps Nelson, 1911 | 305 |
| Pirre hummingbird | Goldmania bella (Nelson, 1912) | 306 |
| Mexican woodnymph | Eupherusa ridgwayi (Nelson, 1900) | 307 |
| White-tailed hummingbird | Eupherusa poliocerca Elliot, DG, 1871 | 308 |
| Oaxaca hummingbird | Eupherusa cyanophrys Rowley, JS & Orr, 1964 | 309 |
| Stripe-tailed hummingbird | Eupherusa eximia (Delattre, 1843) | 310 |
| Black-bellied hummingbird | Eupherusa nigriventris Lawrence, 1868 | 311 |
| Scaly-breasted hummingbird | Phaeochroa cuvierii (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | 312 |
| Buffy hummingbird | Leucippus fallax (Bourcier, 1843) | 313 |
| Tumbes hummingbird | Thaumasius baeri (Simon, 1901) | 314 |
| Spot-throated hummingbird | Thaumasius taczanowskii Sclater, PL, 1879 | 315 |
| Many-spotted hummingbird | Taphrospilus hypostictus (Gould, 1862) | 316 |
| Swallow-tailed hummingbird | Eupetomena macroura (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 317 |
| Sombre hummingbird | Eupetomena cirrochloris (Vieillot, 1818) | 318 |
| Olive-spotted hummingbird | Talaphorus chlorocercus (Gould, 1866) | 319 |
| Red-billed streamertail | Trochilus polytmus Linnaeus, 1758 | 320 |
| Black-billed streamertail | Trochilus scitulus (Brewster & Bangs, 1901) | 321 |
| Violet-crowned hummingbird | Ramosomyia violiceps (Gould, 1859) | 322 |
| Green-fronted hummingbird | Ramosomyia viridifrons (Elliot, DG, 1871) | 323 |
| Cinnamon-sided hummingbird | Ramosomyia wagneri (Phillips, AR, 1966) | 324 |
| Azure-crowned hummingbird | Saucerottia cyanocephala (Lesson, RP, 1830) | 325 |
| Blue-vented hummingbird | Saucerottia hoffmanni (Cabanis & Heine, 1860) | 326 |
| Berylline hummingbird | Saucerottia beryllina (Deppe, 1830) | 327 |
| Blue-tailed hummingbird | Saucerottia cyanura (Gould, 1859) | 328 |
| Snowy-bellied hummingbird | Saucerottia edward (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | 329 |
| Steely-vented hummingbird | Saucerottia saucerottei (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | 330 |
| Indigo-capped hummingbird | Saucerottia cyanifrons (Bourcier, 1843) | 331 |
| Chestnut-bellied hummingbird | Saucerottia castaneiventris (Gould, 1856) | 332 |
| Green-bellied hummingbird | Saucerottia viridigaster (Bourcier, 1843) | 333 |
| Copper-tailed hummingbird | Saucerottia cupreicauda (Salvin & Godman, 1884) | 334 |
| Copper-rumped hummingbird | Saucerottia tobaci (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 335 |
| Cinnamon hummingbird | Amazilia rutila (Delattre, 1843) | 336 |
| Buff-bellied hummingbird | Amazilia yucatanensis (Cabot, S, 1845) | 337 |
| Rufous-tailed hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) | 338 |
| Honduran emerald | Amazilia luciae (Lawrence, 1868) | 339 |
| Mangrove hummingbird | Amazilia boucardi (Mulsant, 1877) | 340 |
| Amazilia hummingbird | Amazilis amazilia (Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1827) | 341 |
| Andean emerald | Uranomitra franciae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) | 342 |
| Shining-green hummingbird | Chrysuronia goudoti (Bourcier, 1843) | 343 |
| Golden-tailed sapphire | Chrysuronia oenone (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 344 |
| Versicolored emerald | Chrysuronia versicolor (Vieillot, 1818) | 345 |
| Sapphire-throated hummingbird | Chrysuronia coeruleogularis (Gould, 1851) | 346 |
| Sapphire-bellied hummingbird | Chrysuronia lilliae (Stone, 1917) | 347 |
| Humboldt's sapphire | Chrysuronia humboldtii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) | 348 |
| Blue-headed sapphire | Chrysuronia grayi (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | 349 |
| White-chested emerald | Chrysuronia brevirostris (Lesson, RP, 1829) | 350 |
| Plain-bellied emerald | Chrysuronia leucogaster (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 351 |
| White-throated hummingbird | Leucochloris albicollis (Vieillot, 1818) | 352 |
| Glittering-throated emerald | Chionomesa fimbriata (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 353 |
| Sapphire-spangled emerald | Chionomesa lactea (Lesson, RP, 1832) | 354 |
| Rufous-throated sapphire | Hylocharis sapphirina (Gmelin, JF, 1788) | 355 |
| Gilded sapphire | Hylocharis chrysura (Shaw, 1812) | 356 |
| White-bellied hummingbird | Elliotomyia chionogaster (Tschudi, 1846) | 357 |
| Green-and-white hummingbird | Elliotomyia viridicauda (Berlepsch, 1883) | 358 |
| Blue-chested hummingbird | Polyerata amabilis (Gould, 1853) | 359 |
| Charming hummingbird | Polyerata decora Salvin, 1891 | 360 |
| Purple-chested hummingbird | Polyerata rosenbergi Boucard, 1895 | 361 |
| White-bellied emerald | Chlorestes candida (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) | 362 |
| Blue-throated sapphire | Chlorestes eliciae (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846) | 363 |
| White-chinned sapphire | Chlorestes cyanus (Vieillot, 1818) | 364 |
| Violet-bellied hummingbird | Chlorestes julie (Bourcier, 1843) | 365 |
| Blue-chinned sapphire | Chlorestes notata (Reich, 1793) | 366 |
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