Trochilidae - Hummingbirds,
Sabrewings,
Mangos,
Coquettes
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 There are over 300 species in this family. Hummingbirds are the smallest of all the birds and they are found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. They are 2.5-4.5 inches in length and have long, thin bills and a long tongue that they use to eat nectar. Hummingbirds have very tiny feet and never walk on the ground!
Hummingbirds are found in a wide variety of habitats and regions. While most hummingbirds are found in warm areas, some species are found in Alaska and Canada! They are usually found in areas with lots of
nectar producing flowers. They hover over flowers as they gather nectar with their wings beating as fast a 78 times per second!
The males are usually brightly colored and in some species the male has long tail feathers and a crest on his head. Females are usually duller in color than the males.
Male hummingbirds mate with more than one female. Female hummingbirds care for and raise hummingbird chicks on their own. Hummingbirds are solitary and only interact with each other during mating and while raising young.
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Amethyst-throated sunangel - Heliangelus amethysticollis
The amethyst-throated sunangel is found in the Andes in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia.
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Amethyst-throated sunangel - Heliangelus amethysticollis
The amethyst-throated sunangel lives in wet and humid mountain forests.
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Andean Hillstar - Oreotrochilus estella
The Andean hillstar is found in the Andes in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, and Peru.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Andean Hillstar - Oreotrochilus estella
The Andean hillstar lives in grasslands, scrub, and woodlands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Bee Hummingbird - Mellisuga helenae
The bee hummingbird is only found in Cuba.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Bee Hummingbird - Mellisuga helenae
The bee hummingbird is the smallest living bird species.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Black-breasted puffleg - Eriocnemis nigrivestis
The black-breasted puffleg is found in Ecuador.
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Black-breasted puffleg - Eriocnemis nigrivestis
The black-breasted puffleg gets it name from the puffy white feathers on its legs.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Blue-capped Hummingbird - Eupherusa cyanophrys
The blue-capped hummingbird is only found in the Sierra Miahuatlán, a mountain range in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Blue-capped Hummingbird - Eupherusa cyanophrys
The blue-capped hummingbird population is declining due to deforestation.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Blue-capped Hummingbird - Eupherusa cyanophrys
The blue-capped hummingbird is also known as the Oaxaca hummingbird.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Blue-chested Hummingbird - Amazilia amabilis
The blue-chested hummingbird is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Booted Racket-tail - Ocreatus underwoodii
The booted racket-tail is only found in Colombia , Ecuador, and Peru.
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Booted Racket-tail - Ocreatus underwoodii
The booted racket-tail gets its name from its long tail shafts that end in a racket-shaped plume.
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Chestnut-breasted Coronet - Boissonneaua matthewsii
The chestnut-breasted coronet is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Chestnut-breasted Coronet - Boissonneaua matthewsii
The chestnut-breasted coronet has a green back and a rusty-red breast and stomach.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Cuban Emerald - Chlorostilbon ricordii
The Cuban emerald is found in the Bahamas, Cuba, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Ecuadorian piedtail - Phlogophilus hemileucurus
The Ecuadorian piedtail is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Emerald-chinned Hummingbird - Abeillia abeillei
The emerald-chinned hummingbird is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Esmeraldas Woodstar - Chaetocercus berlepschi
Esmeraldas woodstar is found in scattered locations in west Ecuador.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Esmeraldas Woodstar - Chaetocercus berlepschi
The male Esmeraldas woodstar lives in semi-deciduous and evergreen forests along the Pacific coast.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Esmeraldas Woodstar - Chaetocercus berlepschi
The male Esmeraldas woodstar has a green body, a purple throat, and a white belly and chest.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Glow-throated Hummingbird - Selasphorus ardens
The glow-throated hummingbird is found in Panama.
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Glow-throated Hummingbird - Selasphorus ardens
The glow-throated hummingbird population is threatened by habitat loss.
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Gould's Emerald - Chlorostilbon elegans
Gould's emerald is known from a single speciman catalogued in 1860. It might have been natire to Jamaica or the Bahamas.
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Gray-bellied Comet - Taphrolesbia griseiventris
The gray-bellied comet is found in Peru.
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Gray-bellied Comet - Taphrolesbia griseiventris
The gray-bellied comet is found in only nine locations in the Andes in north-central Peru.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Green Thorntail - Discosura conversii
The green thorntail is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.
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Green Thorntail - Discosura conversii
The green thorntail lives in the forest canopy. It gets its name from its color and the male's long, thin tail.
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Guanacaste Hummingbird - Amazilia alfaroana
The Guanacaste hummingbird is found in Costa Rica.
Source: HBW Alive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Hooded Visorbearer - Augastes lumachella
The hooded visorbearer is found in Brazil.
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Little Woodstar - Chaetocercus bombus
The little woodstar is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Little Woodstar - Chaetocercus bombus
The little woodstar has a large, but fragmented habitat.
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Little Woodstar - Chaetocercus bombus
The little woodstar is found in humid evergreen forests and in the areas between dry and wet forests.
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Marvellous spatuletail - Loddigesia mirabilis
The marvellous spatuletail is found in Peru.
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Mexican Sheartail - Doricha eliza
The Mexican sheartail is found in Mexico in two distinct populations, one in central Veracruz, on the northern coast of the Yucatán peninsula.
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Mexican Sheartail - Doricha eliza
The Mexican sheartail population is threatened by habitat loss.
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Napo Sabrewing - Campylopterus villaviscensio
The Napo Sabrewing is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
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Napo Sabrewing - Campylopterus villaviscensio
The Napo Sabrewing is threatend by habitat loss due to farming, ranching, logging, and mining.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Neblina metaltail - Metallura odomae
The Neblina metaltail is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
The ruby-throated hummingbird breeds east of the Mississippi River in the United States from southern Canada to the Gulf Coast. It winters in southern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica.
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
During the breeding season, the ruby-throated hummingbird is found in deciduous and pine forests and forest edges, orchards, and gardens.
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
The ruby-throated hummingbird eats insects and nectar.
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Rufous Hummingbird - Selasphorus rufus
The rufous hummingbird is found in the northwestern United States and Canada. It breeds from southern Alaska south to northern California and east to Montana and Idaho. It winters in Mexico. It is sometimes a vagrant or stray visitor in eastern states.
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Rufous Hummingbird - Selasphorus rufus
The female rufous hummingbird female builds her nest in blackberry vines, huckleberry bushes or other areas with lots of overgrowth.
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Rufous Hummingbird - Selasphorus rufus
The rufous hummingbird is found in forest edges, streamsides, and mountain meadows.
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Rufous-cheeked Hummingbird - Goethalsia bella
The rufous-cheeked hummingbird is found in Colombia and Panama.
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Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird - Lepidopyga lilliae
The sapphire-bellied hummingbird has a very small range in coastal Colombia .
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Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird - Lepidopyga lilliae
Estimates place the population of sapphire-bellied hummingbirds at 50-249 adult birds. The population is threatened by pipeline and road construction as well as pollution and deforestation.
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Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird - Lepidopyga lilliae
The sapphire-bellied hummingbird gets its name from its bright blue belly.
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Short-crested Coquette - Lophornis brachylophus
The short-crested coquette is only found along one 15 mile streatch of road northwest of Acapulco, Mexico.
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Short-crested Coquette - Lophornis brachylophus
The male short-crested coquette has a rusty-red crest on his head.
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Short-crested Coquette - Lophornis brachylophus
The short-crested coquette is threatened by habitat loss.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Sword-billed hummingbird - Ensifera ensifera
The sword-billed hummingbird is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Velvet-purple coronet - Boissonneaua jardini
The velvet-purple coronet is found in Colombia and Ecuador.
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Venezuelan Sylph - Aglaiocercus berlepschi
The Venezuelan sylph is found in Venezuela.
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Venezuelan Sylph - Aglaiocercus berlepschi
The Venezuelan sylph is found in humid to moist subtropical forests.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Violet-bellied Hummingbird - Damophila julie
The violet-bellied Hummingbird is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.
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Violet-bellied Hummingbird - Damophila julie
The violet-bellied hummingbird is found in dry and moist tropical and subtropical lowland forests.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Violet-throated Metaltail - Metallura baroni
The violet-throated metaltail is found in a very small area of southern Ecuador.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Violet-throated Metaltail - Metallura baroni
The violet-throated metaltail population is trheatened by the burning of the grasslands which is causing habitat loss and fragmentation.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
Violet-throated Metaltail - Metallura baroni
The violet-throated metaltail is found in forests and high-altitude grasslands.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
White-tailed Hummingbird - Eupherusa poliocerca
The white-tailed hummingbird is found in a very small area of southwest Mexico.
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White-tailed Hummingbird - Eupherusa poliocerca
The white-tailed hummingbird population is threatened by habitat loss and deforestation.
Source: BirdLife International Intended Audience: General Reading Level: High School
White-tailed Sabrewing - Campylopterus ensipennis
The white-tailed sabrewing is found in Venezuela, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Source: Arkive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
White-tailed Sabrewing - Campylopterus ensipennis
The white-tailed sabrewing is found in forests, at the edges of clearings, and in abandoned plantations.
Source: Internet Bird Collection Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Berylline Hummingbird - Amazilia beryllina
The Berylline hummingbird is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Mangrove Hummingbird - Amazilia boucardi
The mangrove hummingbird is found in Costa Rica.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
White-chested Emerald - Amazilia brevirostris
The white-chested emerald is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Grenada, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
White-bellied Emerald - Amazilia candida
The white-bellied emerald is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Azure-crowned Hummingbird - Amazilia cyanocephala
The azure-crowned hummingbird is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
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Blue-tailed Hummingbird - Amazilia cyanura
The blue-tailed hummingbird is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
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Charming Hummingbird - Amazilia decora
The charming hummingbird is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
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Snowy-bellied Hummingbird - Amazilia edward
The snowy-bellied hummingbird is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Humboldt's Hummingbird - Amazilia humboldtii
Humboldt's hummingbird is found in Colombia; Ecuador; Panama.
Source: HBW Alive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Honduran Emerald - Amazilia luciae
The Honduran emerald is found in Honduras.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Honduran Emerald - Amazilia luciae
The Honduran emerald female is not a brightly colored as the male.
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Cinnamon Hummingbird - Amazilia rutila
The cinnamon hummingbird is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Steely-vented Hummingbird - Amazilia saucerottei
The steely-vented hummingbird is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Copper-rumped Hummingbird - Amazilia tobaci
The copper-rumped hummingbird is found in French Guiana, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird - Amazilia tzacatl
The rufous-tailed hummingbird is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird - Amazilia tzacatl
Rufous-tailed hummingbirds are found primarily on the edges of humid evergreen forest, banana or coffee plantations, human habitations, and clearings.
Source: Animal Diversity Web Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Violet-crowned Hummingbird - Amazilia violiceps
The violet-crowned hummingbird is found in southern Arizona and New Mexico south into Mexico.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Green-fronted Hummingbird - Amazilia viridifrons
The green-fronted hummingbird is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Cinnamon-sided Hummingbird - Amazilia wagneri
The cinnamon-sided hummingbird is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
Source: HBW ALIVE Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Buff-bellied Hummingbird - Amazilia yucatanensis
The buff-bellied hummingbird is found along the Gulf Coast from Louisiana and Texas south through Mexico, Belize and Guatemala.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Buff-bellied Hummingbird - Amazilia yucatanensis
The buff-bellied hummingbird eats nectar and insects.
Source: Audubon Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Tooth-billed Hummingbird - Androdon aequatorialis
The tooth-billed hummingbird is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Puerto Rican Mango - Anthracothorax aurulentus
The Puerto Rican mango is found in Puerto Rico and the British and U.S.Virgin Islands
Source: HBW Alive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Hispaniolan Mango - Anthracothorax dominicus
The Hispaniolan mango is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Jamaican Mango - Anthracothorax mango
The Jamaican mango is found in Jamaica.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Black-throated Mango - Anthracothorax nigricollis
The black-throated mango is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Green-breasted Mango - Anthracothorax prevostii
The green-breasted mango is found in southern Mexico, Central America and northern Colombia and Venezuela.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Green-breasted Mango - Anthracothorax prevostii
The green-breasted mango, like other mangos, has a slightly curved bill.
Source: Audubon Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Veraguas Mango - Anthracothorax veraguensis
The Veraguas mango is found in Panama.
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Green-throated Mango - Anthracothorax viridigula
The green-throated mango is found in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Brazil, Dominica, French Guiana, Grenada, Guyana, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Green Mango - Anthracothorax viridis
The green mango is found in Puerto Rico.
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Black-chinned Hummingbird - Archilochus alexandri
The black-chinned hummingbird is found from southern Alberta and British Columbia, Canada south through the western U.S. and into Mexico.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Wine-throated Hummingbird - Atthis ellioti
The wine-throated hummingbird is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Bumblebee Hummingbird - Atthis heloisa
The bumblebee hummingbird is found in Mexico.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
White-eared Hummingbird - Basilinna leucotis
The white-eared hummingbird is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Source: HBW Alive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Xantus's Hummingbird - Basilinna xantusii
Xantus's hummingbird is found in the Baja Peninsula in Mexico.
Source: HBW Alive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Magenta-throated Woodstar - Calliphlox bryantae
The magenta-throated woodstar is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Bahama Woodstar - Calliphlox evelynae
The Bahama woodstar is found in the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Purple-throated Woodstar - Calliphlox mitchellii
he purple-throated woodstar is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Lucifer Hummingbird - Calothorax lucifer
The Lucifer hummingbird is found in southern Arizona and New Mexico south into Mexico.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Beautiful Hummingbird - Calothorax pulcher
The beautiful hummingbird is found in Mexico.
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Anna's Hummingbird - Calypte anna
Anna's hummingbird is found along the Pacific Coast of North America from British Columbia, Canda south into Mexico.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Costa's Hummingbird - Calypte costae
Costa's hummingbird is found in California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico, and Mexico.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Wedge-tailed Sabrewing - Campylopterus curvipennis
The wedge-tailed sabrewing is found in Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Scaly-breasted Sabrewing - Campylopterus cuvierii
The scaly-breasted sabrewing is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
White-tailed Sabrewing - Campylopterus ensipennis
The white-tailed sabrewing is found in Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Violet Sabrewing - Campylopterus hemileucurus
The violet sabrewing is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Rufous Sabrewing - Campylopterus rufus
The rufous sabrewing is found in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Mexico.
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Gorgeted Woodstar - Chaetocercus heliodor
The gorgeted woodstar is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela.
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Rufous-shafted Woodstar - Chaetocercus jourdanii
The rufous-shafted woodstar is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago;, and Venezuela.
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White-vented Plumeleteer - Chalybura buffonii
The white-vented plumeleteer is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
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Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer - Chalybura urochrysia
The bronze-tailed plumeleteer is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru.
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Garden Emerald - Chlorostilbon assimilis
The garden emerald is found in Costa Rica and Panama.
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Golden-crowned Emerald - Chlorostilbon auriceps
The golden-crowned emerald is found in Mexico.
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Brace's Emerald - Chlorostilbon bracei
Brace's emerald was once found in the Bahamas.
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Canivet's Emerald - Chlorostilbon canivetii
Canivet's emerald is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Cozumel Emerald - Chlorostilbon forficatus
The Cozumal emerald is found in Mexico.
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Puerto Rican Emerald - Chlorostilbon maugaeus
The Puerto Rican emerald is found in Puerto Rico.
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Blue-tailed Emerald - Chlorostilbon mellisugus
The blue-tailed emerald is found in Aruba, Bolivia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Colombia, Curaçao, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
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Blue-chinned Emerald - Chlorostilbon notatus
The blue-chinned emerald is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Cuban Emerald - Chlorostilbon ricordii
The Cuban emerald is found in the Bahamas, Cuba, and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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Hispaniolan Emerald - Chlorostilbon swainsonii
The Hispaniolan emerald is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Ruby-topaz Hummingbird - Chrysolampis mosquitus
The ruby-topaz hummingbird is found in Aruba, Bolivia, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Brazil, Colombia, Curaçao, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Brown Violet-ear - Colibri delphinae
The brown violet-ear is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Green Violet-ear - Colibri thalassinus
The green violet-ear is found in Mexico, Central America and South America.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Blue-headed Hummingbird - Cyanophaia bicolor
The blue-headed hummingbird is found in Dominica and Martinique.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middlhe School
Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird - Cynanthus doubledayi
The turquoise-crowned hummingbird is found in Mexico.
Source: HBW Alive Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
Broad-billed Hummingbird - Cynanthus latirostris
The broad-billed hummingbird is found in the New Mexico, Arizona and Mexico.
Source: Cornell Lab of Ornithology Intended Audience: General Reading Level: Middle School
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There are over 300 species in this family. Hummingbirds are the smallest of all the birds and they are found in North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. They are 2.5-4.5 inches in length and have long, thin bills and a long tongue that they use to eat nectar. Hummingbirds have very tiny feet and never walk on the ground!
