Trochilidae
Oxypogon guerinii (Boissonneau, 1840)
Oxypogon guerinii (Boissonneau, 1840)
Oxypogon guerinii, the green-bearded helmetcrest, is a small hummingbird native to páramo habitats of the Colombian Eastern Andes.
Oxypogon stuebelii A.B.Meyer, 1884
Oxypogon stuebelii A.B.Meyer, 1884
The buffy helmetcrest is a small hummingbird found only in a limited páramo region of the Colombian Andes.
Ramphomicron microrhynchum (Boissonneau, 1840)
Ramphomicron microrhynchum (Boissonneau, 1840)
The purple-backed thornbill is a small hummingbird with distinct subspecies found across the Andes of western South America.
Lophornis adorabilis Salvin, 1870
Lophornis adorabilis Salvin, 1870
The white-crested coquette is a small hummingbird found in parts of Costa Rica and western Panama.
Lophornis delattrei (R.Lesson, 1839)
Lophornis delattrei (R.Lesson, 1839)
Lophornis delattrei, or the rufous-crested coquette, is a small hummingbird with distinct male and female traits found in Central and South American mountains.
Lophornis helenae (Delattre, 1843)
Lophornis helenae (Delattre, 1843)
The black-crested coquette Lophornis helenae is a small Central American hummingbird with distinct male and female plumage.
Lophornis ornatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Lophornis ornatus (Boddaert, 1783)
Lophornis ornatus, the tufted coquette, is a tiny hummingbird with distinct male and female plumage, feeding on nectar and small invertebrates.
Lophornis magnificus (Vieillot, 1817)
Lophornis magnificus (Vieillot, 1817)
The frilled coquette is a tiny hummingbird species native to eastern and southern Brazil that lives in open to semi-open habitats.
Lophornis chalybeus (Temminck, 1821)
Lophornis chalybeus (Temminck, 1821)
Lophornis chalybeus, the festive coquette, is a small South American hummingbird found mainly in southeastern Brazil.
Sappho sparganurus (Shaw, 1812)
Sappho sparganurus (Shaw, 1812)
Sappho sparganurus, the red-tailed comet, is a small hummingbird species with documented range disagreements across South America.
Discosura conversii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)
Discosura conversii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)
Discosura conversii, the green thorntail, is a small sexually dimorphic hummingbird found in parts of Central and South America.
Discosura popelairii (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1846)
Discosura popelairii (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1846)
The wire-crested thorntail is a tiny hummingbird found in Andean foothills of northwestern South America.
Sephanoides sephaniodes (R.Lesson & Garnot, 1827)
Sephanoides sephaniodes (R.Lesson & Garnot, 1827)
Sephanoides sephaniodes, the green-backed firecrown, is a sexually dimorphic South American hummingbird that pollinates southern temperate rainforests.
Oreonympha nobilis Gould, 1869
Oreonympha nobilis Gould, 1869
Oreonympha nobilis (the bearded mountaineer) is a hummingbird with two subspecies found across different regions of Andean Peru.
Patagona gigas (Vieillot, 1824)
Patagona gigas (Vieillot, 1824)
Patagona gigas, the giant hummingbird, is the largest hummingbird, found across the Andes, and is the main pollinator of Oreocereus celsianus.
Lampornis amethystinus Swainson, 1827
Lampornis amethystinus Swainson, 1827
The amethyst-throated mountaingem is a small hummingbird with multiple subspecies found across Mexico and Central America.
Lampornis clemenciae (R.Lesson, 1830)
Lampornis clemenciae (R.Lesson, 1830)
This is a description of the blue-throated mountaingem hummingbird Lampornis clemenciae, covering its three subspecies, distribution, and habitat.
Lampornis castaneoventris (Gould, 1851)
Lampornis castaneoventris (Gould, 1851)
Lampornis castaneoventris is a small hummingbird found only in high elevations of south-central Costa Rica and western Panama.
Lampornis viridipallens (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)
Lampornis viridipallens (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)
Lampornis viridipallens, the green-throated mountaingem, is a hummingbird with four subspecies distributed across Central America and southern Mexico.
Lampornis sybillae (Salvin & Godman, 1892)
Lampornis sybillae (Salvin & Godman, 1892)
Lampornis sybillae, the green-breasted mountaingem, is a small hummingbird found in Honduras and northwestern Nicaragua.
Lampornis calolaemus (Salvin, 1865)
Lampornis calolaemus (Salvin, 1865)
Lampornis calolaemus, the purple-throated mountaingem, is a small hummingbird with three described subspecies distributed across Central America.
Lampornis hemileucus (Salvin, 1865)
Lampornis hemileucus (Salvin, 1865)
Lampornis hemileucus, the white-bellied mountaingem, is a small hummingbird found in parts of Costa Rica and Panama.
Heliomaster furcifer (Shaw, 1812)
Heliomaster furcifer (Shaw, 1812)
Blue-tufted starthroat (Heliomaster furcifer) is a small hummingbird found across central eastern South America in open habitats.
Heliomaster longirostris (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801)
Heliomaster longirostris (Audebert & Vieillot, 1801)
Heliomaster longirostris, the long-billed starthroat, is a hummingbird species with three described subspecies distributed across the Neotropics.
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