Alphabetical List of Hummingbird Species
Sorted by Common Name
- Regularly breeds in North America; complete migrant in the winter** - Rare visitor to North America; may have occasional rare nests*** - Year-round resident in North America; summer range may be even larger
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*Allen’s Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia) Amethyst Woodstar (Calliphlox amethystina) Amethyst-Throated Mountaingem (Lampornis amethystinus) Amethyst-Throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis) Andean Emerald (Uranomitra franciae) Andean Hillstar (Oreotrochilus estella) ***Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) Antillean Crested (Orthorhyncus cristatus) Antillean Mango (Anthracothorax dominicus) Azure-Crowned Hummingbird (Agyrtria cyanocephala)
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Bahama Woodstar (Nesophlox evelynae) Band-Tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri) Bearded Mountaineer (Oreonympha nobilis) Beautiful Sheartail (Calothorax pulcher) Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) **Berylline Hummingbird (Saucerottia beryllina) Black Inca (Coeligena prunellei) Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca) Black Metaltail (Metallura phoebe) Black-Backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron dorsale) Black-Bellied Hummingbird (Eupherusa nigriventris) Black-Bellied Thorntail (Discosura langsdorffi) Black-Billed Streamertail (Trochilus scitulus) Black-Breasted Hillstar (Oreotrochilus melanogaster) Black-Breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis) *Black-Chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Black-Crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae) Black-Eared Fairy (Heliothryx auritus) Black-Hooded Sunbeam (Aglaeactis pamela) Black-Tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia victoriae) Black-Thighed Puffleg (Eriocnemis derbyi) Black-Throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa schreibersii) Black-Throated Hermit (Phaethornis atrimentalis) Black-Throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) Blue-Capped Hummingbird (Eupherusa cyanophrys) Blue-Capped Puffleg (Eriocnemis glaucopoides) Blue-Chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis) Blue-Chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes notata) Blue-Fronted Lancebill (Doryfera johannae) Blue-Headed Hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor) Blue-Headed Sapphire (Chrysuronia grayi) Blue-Mantled Thornbill (Chalcostigma stanleyi) Blue-Tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus) Blue-Tailed Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanura) Blue-Throated Goldentail (Chlorestes eliciae) **Blue-Throated Mountaingem (Lampornis clemenciae) Blue-Throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea) Blue-Tufted Starthroat (Heliomaster furcifer) Brazilian Ruby (Clytolaema rubricauda) *Broad-Billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) *Broad-Tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Broad-Tipped Hermit (Anopetia gounellei) Bronze-Tailed Comet (Polyonymus caroli) Bronze-Tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia) Bronze-Tailed Thornbill (Chalcostigma heteropogon) Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aeneus) Bronzy Inca (Coeligena coeligena) Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni) Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae) Buff-Bellied Hermit (Phaethornis subochraceus) ***Buff-Bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis) Buff-Breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus duidae) Buff-Tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens) Buff-Tailed Sicklebill (Eutoxeres condamini) Buff-Thighed Puffleg (Haplophaedia assimilis) Buff-Winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae) Buffy Hummingbird (Leucippus fallax) Bumblebee Hummingbird (Selasphorus heloisa)
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*Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope)Canivet’s Emerald (Cynanthus canivetii)Charming Hummingbird (Polyerata decora)Chestnut-Bellied Hummingbird (Saucerottia castaneiventris)Chestnut-Breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii)Chilean Woodstar (Eulidia yarrellii)Chiribiquete Emerald (Chlorostilbon olivaresi)Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila)Cinnamon-Throated Hermit (Phaethornis nattereri)Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata)Colorful Puffleg (Eriocnemis mirabilis)Copper-Rumped Hummingbird (Saucerottia tobaci)Coppery Emerald (Chlorostilbon russatus)Coppery Metaltail (Metallura theresiae)Coppery Thorntail (Discosura letitiae)Coppery-Bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis cupreoventris)Coppery-Headed Emerald (Microchera cupreiceps)Coppery-Naped Puffleg (Eriocnemis sapphiropygia)***Costa’s Hummingbird (Calypte costae)Cozumel Emerald (Cynanthus forficatus)Crimson Topaz (Topaza pella)Cuban Emerald (Riccordia ricordii)
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Dot-Eared Coquette (Lophornis gouldii)Dusky Hummingbird (Phaeoptila sordida)Dusky-Throated Hermit (Phaethornis squalidus)
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Ecuadorian Hillstar (Oreotrochilus chimborazo)Ecuadorian Piedtail (Phlogophilus hemileucurus)Emerald-Bellied Puffleg (Eriocnemis aline)Emerald-Chinned Hummingbird (Abeillia abeillei)Empress Brilliant (Heliodoxa imperatrix)Esmeraldas Woodstar (Chaetocercus berlepschi)
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Fawn-Breasted Brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides)Festive Coquette (Lophornis chalybeus)Fiery Topaz (Topaza pyra)Fiery-Tailed Awlbill (Avocettula recurvirostris)Fiery-Throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis)Fiery-Throated Metaltail (Metallura eupogon)Fork-Tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata)Frilled Coquette (Lophornis magnificus)
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Garden Emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis)Garnet-Throated Hummingbird (Lamprolaima rhami)Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas)Gilded Sapphire (Hylocharis chrysura)Glittering-Bellied Emerald (Chlorostilbon aureoventris)Glittering-Throated Emerald (Chionomesa fimbriata)Glowing Puffleg (Eriocnemis vestitus)Glow-Throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ardens)Golden Starfrontlet (Coeligena eos)Golden-Bellied Starfrontlet (Coeligena bonapartei)Golden-Breasted Puffleg (Eriocnemis mosquera)Golden-Crowned Emerald (Chlorostilbon auriceps)Golden-Tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone)Gorgeted Puffleg (Eriocnemis isabellae)Gorgeted Sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus)Gorgeted Woodstar (Chaetocercus heliodor)Gould’s Inca (Coeligena inca)Gould’s Jewelfront (Heliodoxa aurescens)Gray-Bellied Comet (Taphrolesbia griseiventris)Gray-Breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus largipennis)Gray-Chinned Hermit (Phaethornis griseogularis)Gray-Tailed Mountaingem (Lampornis cinereicauda)Great Sapphirewing (Pterophanes cyanopterus)Great-Billed Hermit (Phaethornis malaris)Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)Green Mango (Anthracothorax viridis)Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii)Green-and-White Hummingbird (Elliotomyia viridicauda)Green-Backed Firecrown (Sephanoides sephaniodes)Green-Bearded Helmetcrest (Oxypogon guerinii)Green-Bellied Hummingbird (Saucerottia viridigaster)**Green-Breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii)Green-Breasted Mountaingem (Lampornis sybillae)Green-Crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)Green-Crowned Plovercrest (Stephanoxis lalandi)Green-Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi)Green-Fronted Hummingbird (Leucolia viridifrons)Green-Fronted Lancebill (Doryfera ludovicae)Green-Headed Hillstar (Oreotrochilus stolzmanni)Greenish Puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae)Green-Tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon alice)Green-Tailed Goldenthroat (Polytmus theresiae)Green-Tailed Trainbearer (Lesbia nuna)Green-Throated Carib (Eulampis holosericeus)Green-Throated Mango (Anthracothorax viridigula)Green-Throated Mountaingem (Lampornis viridipallens)
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Hispaniolan Emerald (Riccordia swainsonii)Hoary Puffleg (Haplophaedia lugens)Honduran Emerald (Amazilia luciae)Hooded Visorbearer (Augastes lumachella)Hook-Billed Hermit (Glaucis dohrnii)Horned Sungem (Heliactin bilophus)Hyacinth Visorbearer (Augastes scutatus)
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Indigo-Capped Hummingbird (Saucerottia cyanifrons)
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Jamaican Mango (Anthracothorax mango)Juan Fernández Firecrown (Sephanoides fernandensis)
K
Koepcke’s Hermit (Phaethornis koepckeae)
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Lazuline Sabrewing (Campylopterus falcatus)Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus)Little Sunangel (Heliangelus micraster)Little Woodstar (Chaetocercus bombus)Loja Hummingbird (Amazilis alticola)Long-Billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)Long-Billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris)Long-Tailed Hermit (Phaethornis superciliosus)Long-Tailed Sabrewing (Pampa excellens)Long-Tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus kingii)Long-Tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania watertonii)Longuemare’s Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)**Lucifer Sheartail (Calothorax lucifer)
M
Magenta-Throated Woodstar (Calliphlox bryantae)*Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens)Mangrove Hummingbird (Polyerata boucardi)Many-Spotted Hummingbird (Leucippus hypostictus)Maranhao Hermit (Phaethornis (nattereri) maranhaoensis)Marvelous Spatuletail (Loddigesia mirabilis)Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza)**Mexican Violetear (Colibri thalassinus)Mexican Woodnymph (Thalurania ridgwayi)Minute Hermit (Phaethornis idaliae)Mountain Avocetbill (Opisthoprora euryptera)Mountain Velvetbreast (Lafresnaya lafresnayi)
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Napo Sabrewing (Campylopterus villaviscensio)Narrow-Tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon stenurus)Neblina Metaltail (Metallura odomae)Needle-Billed Hermit (Phaethornis philippii)
O
Oasis Hummingbird (Rhodopis vesper)Olivaceous Thornbill (Chalcostigma olivaceum)Olive-Spotted Hummingbird (Talaphorus chlorocercus)Orange-Throated Sunangel (Heliangelus mavors)
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Pale-Bellied Hermit (Phaethornis anthophilus)Pale-Tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes leucurus)Peacock Coquette (Lophornis pavoninus)Perija Metaltail (Metallura iracunda)Peruvian Piedtail (Phlogophilus harterti)Peruvian Sheartail (Thaumastura cora)Pink-Throated Brilliant (Heliodoxa gularis)Plain-Bellied Emerald (Chrysuronia leucogaster)**Plain-Capped Starthroat (Heliomaster constantii)Planalto Hermit (Phaethornis pretrei)Puerto Rican Emerald (Chlorostilbon maugaeus)Purple-Backed Sunbeam (Aglaeactis aliciae)Purple-Backed Thornbill (Ramphomicron microrhynchum)Purple-Bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini)Purple-Chested Hummingbird (Polyerata rosenbergi)Purple-Collared Woodstar (Myrtis fanny)Purple-Crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)Purple-Throated Carib (Eulampis jugularis)Purple-Throated Mountaingem (Lampornis calolaema)Purple-Throated Sunangel (Heliangelus viola)Purple-Throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii)
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Racket-Tailed Coquette (Discosura longicaudus) Rainbow Starfrontlet (Coeligena iris) Rainbow-Bearded Thornbill (Chalcostigma herrani) Red-Billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) Reddish Hermit (Phaethornis ruber) Red-Tailed Comet (Sappho sparganurus) Rondonia Emerald (Amazilia rondoniae) Royal Sunangel (Heliangelus regalis) *Ruby-Throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Ruby-Topaz Hummingbird (Chrysolampis mosquitus) *Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) Rufous Sabrewing (Pampa rufa) Rufous-Breasted Hermit (Glaucis hirsutus) Rufous-Breasted Sabrewing (Campylopterus hyperythrus) Rufous-Capped Thornbill (Chalcostigma ruficeps) Rufous-Cheeked Hummingbird (Goethalsia bella) Rufous-Crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei) Rufous-Shafted Woodstar (Chaetocercus jourdanii) Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) Rufous-Throated Sapphire (Hylocharis sapphirina) Rufous-Vented Whitetip (Urosticte ruficrissa) Rufous-Webbed Brilliant (Heliodoxa branickii)
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Santa Marta Blossomcrown (Anthocephala floriceps)Santa Marta Sabrewing (Campylopterus phainopeplus)Santa Marta Woodstar (Chaetocercus astreans)Sapphire-Bellied Hummingbird (Chrysuronia lilliae)Sapphire-Spangled Emerald (Polyerata lactea)Sapphire-Throated Hummingbird (Lepidopyga coeruleogularis)Sapphire-Vented Puffleg (Eriocnemis luciani)Saw-Billed Hermit (Ramphodon naevius)Scaled Metaltail (Metallura aeneocauda)Scale-Throated Hermit (Phaethornis eurynome)Scaly-Breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii)Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla)Scissor-Tailed Hummingbird (Hylonympha macrocerca)Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis)Shining-Green Hummingbird (Chrysuronia goudoti)Short-Crested Coquette (Lophornis brachylophus)Short-Tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon poortmani)Short-Tailed Woodstar (Myrmia micrura)Slender Sheartail (Doricha enicura)Slender-Tailed Woodstar (Microstilbon burmeisteri)Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)Snowy-Bellied Hummingbird (Saucerottia edward)Sombre Hummingbird (Eupetomena cirrochloris)Sooty Barbthroat (Threnetes niger)Sooty-Capped Hermit (Phaethornis augusti)Spangled Coquette (Lophornis stictolophus)Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)Sparkling-Tailed Woodstar Hummingbird (Tilmatura dupontii)Speckled Hummingbird (Adelomyia melanogenys)Spot-Throated Hummingbird (Thaumasius taczanowskii)Steely-Vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerrottei)Straight-Billed Hermit (Phaethornis bourcieri)Streak-Throated Hermit (Phaethornis rupurumii)Stripe-Breasted Starthroat (Heliomaster squamosus)Stripe-Tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia)Stripe-Throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)Swallow-Tailed Hummingbird (Eupetomena macroura)Sword-Billed Hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera)
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Tawny-Bellied Hermit (Thaumasius syrmatophorus)Tepui Goldenthroat (Polytmus milleri)Tooth-Billed Hummingbird (Androdon aequatorialis)Tourmaline Sunangel (Heliangelus exortis)Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus)Tumbes Hummingbird (Leucippus baeri)Turquoise-Throated Puffleg (Eriocnemis godini)Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina)
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Velvet-Browed Brilliant (Heliodoxa xanthogonys)Velvet-Purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini)Venezuelan Sylph (Aglaiocercus berlepschi)Veraguan Mango (Anthracothorax veraguensis)Versicolored Emerald (Chrysuronia versicolor)Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima)Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)Violet-Bellied Hummingbird (Chlorestes julie)Violet-Capped Hummingbird (Goldmania violiceps)Violet-Capped Woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis)Violet-Chested Hummingbird (Sternoclyta cyanopectus)**Violet-Crowned Hummingbird (Leucolia violiceps)Violet-Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)Violet-Fronted Brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri)Violet-Headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)Violet-Tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis)Violet-Throated Metaltail (Metallura baroni)Violet-Throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena violifer)Viridian Metaltail (Metallura williami)Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula)
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Wedge-Billed Hummingbird (Augastes geoffroyi)Wedge-Tailed Hillstar (Oreotrochilus adela)Wedge-Tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus curvipennis)White-Bearded Hermit (Phaethornis hispidus)White-Bellied Emerald (Chlorestes candida)White-Bellied Hummingbird (Leucippus chionogaster)White-Bellied Mountaingem (Lampornis hemileucus)White-Bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant)White-Booted Racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii)White-Browed Hermit (Phaethornis stuarti)White-Chested Emerald (Agyrtria brevirostris)White-Chinned Sapphire (Chlorestes cyanus)White-Crested Coquette (Lophornis adorabilis)**White-Eared Hummingbird (Basilinna leucotis)White-Necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)White-Sided Hillstar (Oreotrochilus leucopleurus)White-Tailed Emerald (Microchera chionura)White-Tailed Goldenthroat (Polytmus guainumbi)White-Tailed Hillstar (Urochroa bougueri)White-Tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa poliocerca)White-Tailed Sabrewing (Campylopterus ensipennis)White-Tailed Starfrontlet (Coeligena phalerata)White-Throated Hummingbird (Leucochloris albicollis)White-Throated Mountaingem (Lampornis castaneoventris)White-Tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila)White-Tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii)White-Vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)White-Vented Violetear (Colibri serrirostris)White-Whiskered Hermit (Phaethornis yaruqui)Wine-Throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ellioti)Wire-Crested Thorntail (Discosura popelairii)
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**Xantus’s Hummingbird (Basilinna xantusii)
