Trochilidae – Hummingbirds | Lee's Birdwatching Adventures Plus

Ruby-throated Hummingbird by Rays Wildlife

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CLASS – AVES, Order – APODIFORMES, Family – Trochilidae – Hummingbirds

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Species (359)

Saw-billed Hermit (Ramphodon naevius)
White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila)
Buff-tailed Sicklebill (Eutoxeres condamini)
Hook-billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii)
Rufous-breasted Hermit (Glaucis hirsutus)
Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aeneus)
Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri)
Sooty Barbthroat (Threnetes niger)
Pale-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes leucurus)
Broad-tipped Hermit (Anopetia gounellei)
White-whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui)
Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)
White-bearded Hermit (Phaethornis hispidus)
Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
Mexican Hermit (Phaethornis mexicanus)
Long-tailed Hermit (Phaethornis superciliosus)
Great-billed Hermit (Phaethornis malaris)
Tawny-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis syrmatophorus)
Koepcke’s Hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae)
Needle-billed Hermit (Phaethornis philippii)
Straight-billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri)
Pale-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis anthophilus)
Scale-throated Hermit (Phaethornis eurynome)
Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei)
Sooty-capped Hermit (Phaethornis augusti)
Buff-bellied Hermit (Phaethornis subochraceus)
Dusky-throated Hermit (Phaethornis squalidus)
Streak-throated Hermit (Phaethornis rupurumii)
Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus)
Minute Hermit (Phaethornis idaliae)
Cinnamon-throated Hermit (Phaethornis nattereri)
Reddish Hermit (Phaethornis ruber)
White-browed Hermit (Phaethornis stuarti)
Black-throated Hermit (Phaethornis atrimentalis)
Tapajos Hermit (Phaethornis aethopygus)
Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
Grey-chinned Hermit (Phaethornis griseogularis)
Tooth-billed Hummingbird (Androdon aequatorialis)
Green-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera ludovicae)
Blue-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera johannae)
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii)
Curve-winged Sabrewing (Campylopterus curvipennis)
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus pampa)
Long-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus excellens)
Grey-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis)
Dry-forest Sabrewing (Campylopterus calcirupicola)
Rufous Sabrewing (Campylopterus rufus)
Rufous-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus hyperythrus)
Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)
White-tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis)
Lazuline Sabrewing (Campylopterus falcatus)
Santa Marta Sabrewing (Campylopterus phainopeplus)
Napo Sabrewing (Campylopterus villaviscensio)
Buff-breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus duidae)
Sombre Hummingbird (Aphantochroa cirrochloris)
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura)
White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca)
Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae)
Mexican Violetear (Colibri thalassinus)
Lesser Violetear (Colibri cyanotus)
Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
White-vented Violetear (Colibri serrirostris)
Green-throated Mango (Anthracothorax viridigula)
Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii)
Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis)
Veraguan Mango (Anthracothorax veraguensis)
Antillean Mango (Anthracothorax dominicus)
Green Mango (Anthracothorax viridis)
Jamaican Mango (Anthracothorax mango)
Fiery-tailed Awlbill (Avocettula recurvirostris)
Crimson Topaz (Topaza pella)
Fiery Topaz (Topaza pyra)
Purple-throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis)
Green-throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus)
Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
Green-crowned Plovercrest (Stephanoxis lalandi)
Purple-crowned Plovercrest (Stephanoxis loddigesii)
Emerald-chinned Hummingbird (Abeillia abeillei)
Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus)
Dot-eared Coquette (Lophornis gouldii)
Frilled Coquette (Lophornis magnificus)
Short-crested Coquette (Lophornis brachylophus)
Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei)
Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus)
Festive Coquette (Lophornis chalybeus)
Peacock Coquette (Lophornis pavoninus)
Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae)
White-crested Coquette (Lophornis adorabilis)
Wire-crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii)
Black-bellied Thorntail (Discosura langsdorffi)
Letitia’s Thorntail (Discosura letitiae)
Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii)
Racket-tailed Coquette (Discosura longicaudus)
Red-billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus)
Black-billed Streamertail (Trochilus scitulus)
Blue-chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes notata)
Golden-crowned Emerald (Chlorostilbon auriceps)
Cozumel Emerald (Chlorostilbon forficatus)
Canivet’s Emerald (Chlorostilbon canivetii)
Garden Emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis)
Blue-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus)
Western Emerald (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus)
Red-billed Emerald (Chlorostilbon gibsoni)
Chiribiquete Emerald (Chlorostilbon olivaresi)
Glittering-bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon lucidus)
Gould’s Emerald (Chlorostilbon elegans)
Brace’s Emerald (Chlorostilbon bracei)
Cuban Emerald (Chlorostilbon ricordii)
Hispaniolan Emerald (Chlorostilbon swainsonii)
Puerto Rican Emerald (Chlorostilbon maugaeus)
Coppery Emerald (Chlorostilbon russatus)
Narrow-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon stenurus)
Green-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon alice)
Short-tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani)
Fiery-throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis)
White-tailed Emerald (Elvira chionura)
Coppery-headed Emerald (Elvira cupreiceps)
Oaxaca Hummingbird (Eupherusa cyanophrys)
White-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa poliocerca)
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia)
Black-bellied Hummingbird (Eupherusa nigriventris)
Pirre Hummingbird (Goethalsia bella)
Violet-capped Hummingbird (Goldmania violiceps)
Dusky Hummingbird (Cynanthus sordidus)
Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris)
Doubleday’s Hummingbird (Cynanthus doubledayi)
Blue-headed Hummingbird (Cyanophaia bicolor)
Mexican Woodnymph (Thalurania ridgwayi)
Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
Fork-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata)
Long-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania watertonii)
Violet-capped Woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis)
Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Juliamyia julie)
Sapphire-throated Hummingbird (Lepidopyga coeruleogularis)
Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird (Lepidopyga lilliae)
Shining-green Hummingbird (Lepidopyga goudoti)
Blue-throated Sapphire (Hylocharis eliciae)
Rufous-throated Sapphire (Hylocharis sapphirina)
White-chinned Sapphire (Hylocharis cyanus)
Gilded Sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura)
Blue-headed Sapphire (Hylocharis grayi)
Humboldt’s Sapphire (Hylocharis humboldtii)
Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone)
White-throated Hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis)
White-tailed Goldenthroat (Polytmus guainumbi)
Tepui Goldenthroat (Polytmus milleri)
Green-tailed Goldenthroat (Polytmus theresiae)
Buffy Hummingbird (Leucippus fallax)
Tumbes Hummingbird (Leucippus baeri)
Spot-throated Hummingbird (Leucippus taczanowskii)
Olive-spotted Hummingbird (Leucippus chlorocercus)
Many-spotted Hummingbird (Taphrospilus hypostictus)
White-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia chionogaster)
Green-and-white Hummingbird (Amazilia viridicauda)
Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila)
Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis)
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia castaneiventris)
Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilia amazilia)
Plain-bellied Emerald (Amazilia leucogaster)
Versicolored Emerald (Amazilia versicolor)
White-chested Emerald (Amazilia brevirostris)
Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae)
White-bellied Emerald (Amazilia candida)
Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia cyanocephala)
Violet-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia violiceps)
Green-fronted Hummingbird (Amazilia viridifrons)
Cinnamon-sided Hummingbird (Amazilia wagneri)
Glittering-throated Emerald (Amazilia fimbriata)
Sapphire-spangled Emerald (Amazilia lactea)
Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis)
Charming Hummingbird (Amazilia decora)
Purple-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia rosenbergi)
Mangrove Hummingbird (Amazilia boucardi)
Honduran Emerald (Amazilia luciae)
Steely-vented Hummingbird (Amazilia saucerottei)
Indigo-capped Hummingbird (Amazilia cyanifrons)
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia edward)
Berylline Hummingbird (Amazilia beryllina)
Blue-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia cyanura)
Blue-vented Hummingbird (Amazilia hoffmanni)
Green-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia viridigaster)
Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Amazilia tobaci)
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)
Santa Marta Blossomcrown (Anthocephala floriceps)
Tolima Blossomcrown (Anthocephala berlepschi)
White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia)
Blue-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis clemenciae)
Amethyst-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis amethystinus)
Green-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis viridipallens)
Green-breasted Mountaingem (Lampornis sybillae)
White-bellied Mountaingem (Lampornis hemileucus)
Purple-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis calolaemus)
White-throated Mountaingem (Lampornis castaneoventris)
Grey-tailed Mountaingem (Lampornis cinereicauda)
Xantus’s Hummingbird (Basilinna xantusii)
White-eared Hummingbird (Basilinna leucotis)
Garnet-throated Hummingbird (Lamprolaima rhami)
Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys)
Ecuadorian Piedtail (Phlogophilus hemileucurus)
Peruvian Piedtail (Phlogophilus harterti)
Brazilian Ruby (Clytolaema rubricauda)
Velvet-browed Brilliant (Heliodoxa xanthogonys)
Pink-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa gularis)
Rufous-webbed Brilliant (Heliodoxa branickii)
Black-throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa schreibersii)
Gould’s Jewelfront (Heliodoxa aurescens)
Fawn-breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides)
Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)
Empress Brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix)
Violet-fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri)
Rivoli’s Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens)
Talamanca Hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis)
Scissor-tailed Hummingbird (Hylonympha macrocerca)
Violet-chested Hummingbird (Sternoclyta cyanopectus)
Rufous-gaped Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri)
Green-backed Hillstar (Urochroa leucura)
Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens)
Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii)
Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini)
Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis)
Purple-backed Sunbeam (Aglaeactis aliciae)
White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii)
Black-hooded Sunbeam (Aglaeactis pamela)
Ecuadorian Hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo)
Andean Hillstar (Oreotrochilus estella)
Green-headed Hillstar (Oreotrochilus stolzmanni)
Blue-throated Hillstar (Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus)
White-sided Hillstar (Oreotrochilus leucopleurus)
Black-breasted Hillstar (Oreotrochilus melanogaster)
Wedge-tailed Hillstar (Oreotrochilus adela)
Mountain Velvetbreast (Lafresnaya lafresnayi)
Bronzy Inca (Coeligena coeligena)
Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni)
Black Inca (Coeligena prunellei)
Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata)
White-tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata)
Golden-bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei)
Dusky Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina)
Blue-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea)
Buff-winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae)
Violet-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer)
Rainbow Starfrontlet (Coeligena iris)
Sword-billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)
Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus)
Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas)
Green-backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes)
Juan Fernandez Firecrown (Sephanoides fernandensis)
Orange-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus mavors)
Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis)
Longuemare’s Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
Merida Sunangel (Heliangelus spencei)
Gorgeted Sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus)
Tourmaline Sunangel (Heliangelus exortis)
Flame-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus micraster)
Purple-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus viola)
Royal Sunangel (Heliangelus regalis)
Black-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis)
Gorgeted Puffleg (Eriocnemis isabellae)
Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestita)
Black-thighed Puffleg (Eriocnemis derbyi)
Turquoise-throated Puffleg (Eriocnemis godini)
Coppery-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis cupreoventris)
Sapphire-vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)
Golden-breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis mosquera)
Blue-capped Puffleg (Eriocnemis glaucopoides)
Colorful Puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis)
Emerald-bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis aline)
Greenish Puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae)
Buff-thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis)
Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens)
Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini)
Rufous-vented Whitetip (Urosticte ruficrissa)
White-booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii)
Peruvian Racket-tail (Ocreatus peruanus)
Rufous-booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus addae)
Black-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae)
Green-tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna)
Red-tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus)
Bronze-tailed Comet (Polyonymus caroli)
Black-backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron dorsale)
Purple-backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron microrhynchum)
Bearded Mountaineer (Oreonympha nobilis)
Green-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii)
Blue-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon cyanolaemus)
White-bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon lindenii)
Buffy Helmetcrest (Oxypogon stuebelii)
Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
Perija Metaltail (Metallura iracunda)
Viridian Metaltail (Metallura williami)
Violet-throated Metaltail (Metallura baroni)
Neblina Metaltail (Metallura odomae)
Coppery Metaltail (Metallura theresiae)
Fiery-throated Metaltail (Metallura eupogon)
Scaled Metaltail (Metallura aeneocauda)
Black Metaltail (Metallura phoebe)
Rufous-capped Thornbill (Chalcostigma ruficeps)
Olivaceous Thornbill (Chalcostigma olivaceum)
Blue-mantled Thornbill (Chalcostigma stanleyi)
Bronze-tailed Thornbill (Chalcostigma heteropogon)
Rainbow-bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani)
Mountain Avocetbill (Opisthoprora euryptera)
Grey-bellied Comet (Taphrolesbia griseiventris)
Long-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii)
Venezuelan Sylph (Aglaiocercus berlepschi)
Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis)
Hyacinth Visorbearer (Augastes scutatus)
Hooded Visorbearer (Augastes lumachella)
Geoffroy’s Wedgebill (Schistes geoffroyi)
White-throated Wedgebill (Schistes albogularis)
Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
Black-eared Fairy (Heliothryx auritus)
Horned Sungem (Heliactin bilophus)
Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis)
Plain-capped Starthroat (Heliomaster constantii)
Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris)
Stripe-breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus)
Blue-tufted Starthroat (Heliomaster furcifer)
Oasis Hummingbird (Rhodopis vesper)
Peruvian Sheartail (Thaumastura cora)
Sparkling-tailed Woodstar (Tilmatura dupontii)
Slender Sheartail (Doricha enicura)
Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza)
Amethyst Woodstar (Calliphlox amethystina)
Bahama Woodstar (Calliphlox evelynae)
Inagua Woodstar (Calliphlox lyrura)
Magenta-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox bryantae)
Purple-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox mitchellii)
Slender-tailed Woodstar (Microstilbon burmeisteri)
Lucifer Sheartail (Calothorax lucifer)
Beautiful Sheartail (Calothorax pulcher)
Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima)
Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)
Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna)
Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae)
Bumblebee Hummingbird (Atthis heloisa)
Wine-throated Hummingbird (Atthis ellioti)
Purple-collared Woodstar (Myrtis fanny)
Chilean Woodstar (Eulidia yarrellii)
Short-tailed Woodstar (Myrmia micrura)
White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant)
Little Woodstar (Chaetocercus bombus)
Gorgeted Woodstar (Chaetocercus heliodor)
Santa Marta Woodstar (Chaetocercus astreans)
Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi)
Rufous-shafted Woodstar (Chaetocercus jourdanii)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus)
Allen’s Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula)
Glow-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ardens)
Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla)
Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)

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Photographers or Videographers used on this page from our sidebar, Photography, are:
Bob & Nan’s Gallery
Donna L. Watkins
Ian Montgomery’s Birdway
Michael Woodruff’s Fotostream
Ray’s Wildlife Photography
Reinier’s Wildstock Photos Gallery
Robert Scanlon’s Gallery

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Articles Mentioning Birds From This Family:

Marvelous Spatuletail from Peru
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Scintillant Hummingbird
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Anna’s Hummingbird
Hummingbird Video Making from Nature
The Hummingbird – The believing belierer.. – by a j mithra
The Secret Only God Knows About Hummingbirds – April Lorier
When I Consider! – Hummingbirds
Interesting Things – Hummingbird Courtship Songs
Arizona Hummers – Vacation
Vol. 2, No. 3 – The Ruby-Throated Humming Bird
ABA 2014 Bird of the Year – Rufous Hummingbird
Sunday Inspiration – Hummingbirds
“Hummingbirds!”, by Brian Thomas, M.S
Hummingbird – Videos
Hummingbirds (Video) from Petersons Field Guides

Other Websites that have photos of this Family:

Hummingbirds (Trochilidae) – IBC
Hummingbirds – Wikipedia
Trochilidae – Le quide ornitho

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Hummingbirds are birds that comprise the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 3–5 in (7.5–13 cm) range. Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm Bee Hummingbird. They hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings 12–80 times per second (depending on the species). They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings, which sometimes sounds like bees or other insects. To conserve energy while they sleep or when food is scarce, they have the ability to go into a hibernation-like state (torpor) where their metabolic rate is slowed to 1/15th of its normal rate. When the nights get colder, their body temperature can drop significantly and thus slow down their heart and breathing rate, thus burning much less energy overnight. As the day heats back up, the hummingbird’s body temperature will come back up and they resume their normal activity. They are also the only group of birds with the ability to fly backward. They can fly at speeds exceeding 15 m/s (54 km/h; 34 mph). Individuals from some species of hummingbirds weigh less than a penny. (Wikipedia with editing)

Fiery-throated hummingbirds by Ray’s Wildlife Photography, one of our photographers.