List of hummingbirds
Appearance
The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 366 hummingbird species in family Trochilidae, and distributes them among 112 genera.[1] 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.
Common name | Binomial name | IOC sequence |
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Crimson topaz | Topaza pella | 1 |
Fiery topaz | Topaza pyra | 2 |
White-necked jacobin | Florisuga mellivora | 3 |
Black jacobin | Florisuga fusca | 4 |
White-tipped sicklebill | Eutoxeres aquila | 5 |
Buff-tailed sicklebill | Eutoxeres condamini | 6 |
Saw-billed hermit | Ramphodon naevius | 7 |
Hook-billed hermit | Glaucis dohrnii | 8 |
Bronzy hermit | Glaucis aeneus | 9 |
Rufous-breasted hermit | Glaucis hirsutus | 10 |
Band-tailed barbthroat | Threnetes ruckeri | 11 |
Pale-tailed barbthroat | Threnetes leucurus | 12 |
Sooty barbthroat | Threnetes niger | 13 |
Broad-tipped hermit | Anopetia gounellei | 14 |
Dusky-throated hermit | Phaethornis squalidus | 15 |
Streak-throated hermit | Phaethornis rupurumii | 16 |
Little hermit | Phaethornis longuemareus | 17 |
Tapajos hermit | Phaethornis aethopygus | 18 |
Minute hermit | Phaethornis idaliae | 19 |
Cinnamon-throated hermit | Phaethornis nattereri | 20 |
Black-throated hermit | Phaethornis atrimentalis | 21 |
Stripe-throated hermit | Phaethornis striigularis | 22 |
Grey-chinned hermit | Phaethornis griseogularis | 23 |
Reddish hermit | Phaethornis ruber | 24 |
White-browed hermit | Phaethornis stuarti | 25 |
Buff-bellied hermit | Phaethornis subochraceus | 26 |
Sooty-capped hermit | Phaethornis augusti | 27 |
Planalto hermit | Phaethornis pretrei | 28 |
Scale-throated hermit | Phaethornis eurynome | 29 |
Pale-bellied hermit | Phaethornis anthophilus | 30 |
White-bearded hermit | Phaethornis hispidus | 31 |
White-whiskered hermit | Phaethornis yaruqui | 32 |
Green hermit | Phaethornis guy | 33 |
Tawny-bellied hermit | Phaethornis syrmatophorus | 34 |
Koepcke's hermit | Phaethornis koepckeae | 35 |
Needle-billed hermit | Phaethornis philippii | 36 |
Straight-billed hermit | Phaethornis bourcieri | 37 |
Mexican hermit | Phaethornis mexicanus | 38 |
Long-billed hermit | Phaethornis longirostris | 39 |
Long-tailed hermit | Phaethornis superciliosus | 40 |
Great-billed hermit | Phaethornis malaris | 41 |
Green-fronted lancebill | Doryfera ludovicae | 42 |
Blue-fronted lancebill | Doryfera johannae | 43 |
White-throated daggerbill | Schistes albogularis | 44 |
Geoffroy's daggerbill | Schistes geoffroyi | 45 |
Hyacinth visorbearer | Augastes scutatus | 46 |
Hooded visorbearer | Augastes lumachella | 47 |
Brown violetear | Colibri delphinae | 48 |
Mexican violetear | Colibri thalassinus | 49 |
Lesser violetear | Colibri cyanotus | 50 |
Sparkling violetear | Colibri coruscans | 51 |
White-vented violetear | Colibri serrirostris | 52 |
Tooth-billed hummingbird | Androdon aequatorialis | 53 |
Horned sungem | Heliactin bilophus | 54 |
Purple-crowned fairy | Heliothryx barroti | 55 |
Black-eared fairy | Heliothryx auritus | 56 |
White-tailed goldenthroat | Polytmus guainumbi | 57 |
Tepui goldenthroat | Polytmus milleri | 58 |
Green-tailed goldenthroat | Polytmus theresiae | 59 |
Fiery-tailed awlbill | Avocettula recurvirostris | 60 |
Ruby-topaz hummingbird | Chrysolampis mosquitus | 61 |
Jamaican mango | Anthracothorax mango | 62 |
Green-throated mango | Anthracothorax viridigula | 63 |
Green-breasted mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | 64 |
Veraguan mango | Anthracothorax veraguensis | 65 |
Black-throated mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis | 66 |
Hispaniolan mango | Anthracothorax dominicus | 67 |
Puerto Rican mango | Anthracothorax aurulentus | 68 |
Green mango | Anthracothorax viridis | 69 |
Green-throated carib | Eulampis holosericeus | 70 |
Purple-throated carib | Eulampis jugularis | 71 |
Orange-throated sunangel | Heliangelus mavors | 72 |
Amethyst-throated sunangel | Heliangelus amethysticollis | 73 |
Longuemare's sunangel | Heliangelus clarisse | 74 |
Merida sunangel | Heliangelus spencei | 75 |
Gorgeted sunangel | Heliangelus strophianus | 76 |
Tourmaline sunangel | Heliangelus exortis | 77 |
Flame-throated sunangel | Heliangelus micraster | 78 |
Purple-throated sunangel | Heliangelus viola | 79 |
Royal sunangel | Heliangelus regalis | 80 |
Green-backed firecrown | Sephanoides sephaniodes | 81 |
Juan Fernandez firecrown | Sephanoides fernandensis | 82 |
Green thorntail | Discosura conversii | 83 |
Wire-crested thorntail | Discosura popelairii | 84 |
Black-bellied thorntail | Discosura langsdorffi | 85 |
Letitia's thorntail | Discosura letitiae | 86 |
Racket-tailed coquette | Discosura longicaudus | 87 |
Tufted coquette | Lophornis ornatus | 88 |
Dot-eared coquette | Lophornis gouldii | 89 |
Frilled coquette | Lophornis magnificus | 90 |
Short-crested coquette | Lophornis brachylophus | 91 |
Rufous-crested coquette | Lophornis delattrei | 92 |
Spangled coquette | Lophornis stictolophus | 93 |
Festive coquette | Lophornis chalybeus | 94 |
Butterfly coquette | Lophornis verreauxii | 95 |
Peacock coquette | Lophornis pavoninus | 96 |
Black-crested coquette | Lophornis helenae | 97 |
White-crested coquette | Lophornis adorabilis | 98 |
Ecuadorian piedtail | Phlogophilus hemileucurus | 99 |
Peruvian piedtail | Phlogophilus harterti | 100 |
Speckled hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys | 101 |
Long-tailed sylph | Aglaiocercus kingii | 102 |
Violet-tailed sylph | Aglaiocercus coelestis | 103 |
Venezuelan sylph | Aglaiocercus berlepschi | 104 |
Red-tailed comet | Sappho sparganurus | 105 |
Bronze-tailed comet | Polyonymus caroli | 106 |
Grey-bellied comet | Taphrolesbia griseiventris | 107 |
Andean hillstar | Oreotrochilus estella | 108 |
White-sided hillstar | Oreotrochilus leucopleurus | 109 |
Ecuadorian hillstar | Oreotrochilus chimborazo | 110 |
Blue-throated hillstar | Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus | 111 |
Green-headed hillstar | Oreotrochilus stolzmanni | 112 |
Black-breasted hillstar | Oreotrochilus melanogaster | 113 |
Wedge-tailed hillstar | Oreotrochilus adela | 114 |
Mountain avocetbill | Opisthoprora euryptera | 115 |
Black-tailed trainbearer | Lesbia victoriae | 116 |
Green-tailed trainbearer | Lesbia nuna | 117 |
Black-backed thornbill | Ramphomicron dorsale | 118 |
Purple-backed thornbill | Ramphomicron microrhynchum | 119 |
Bearded mountaineer | Oreonympha nobilis | 120 |
Buffy helmetcrest | Oxypogon stuebelii | 121 |
Blue-bearded helmetcrest | Oxypogon cyanolaemus | 122 |
White-bearded helmetcrest | Oxypogon lindenii | 123 |
Green-bearded helmetcrest | Oxypogon guerinii | 124 |
Bronze-tailed thornbill | Chalcostigma heteropogon | 125 |
Rainbow-bearded thornbill | Chalcostigma herrani | 126 |
Rufous-capped thornbill | Chalcostigma ruficeps | 127 |
Olivaceous thornbill | Chalcostigma olivaceum | 128 |
Blue-mantled thornbill | Chalcostigma stanleyi | 129 |
Tyrian metaltail | Metallura tyrianthina | 130 |
Perija metaltail | Metallura iracunda | 131 |
Viridian metaltail | Metallura williami | 132 |
Violet-throated metaltail | Metallura baroni | 133 |
Neblina metaltail | Metallura odomae | 134 |
Coppery metaltail | Metallura theresiae | 135 |
Fiery-throated metaltail | Metallura eupogon | 136 |
Scaled metaltail | Metallura aeneocauda | 137 |
Black metaltail | Metallura phoebe | 138 |
Greenish puffleg | Haplophaedia aureliae | 139 |
Buff-thighed puffleg | Haplophaedia assimilis | 140 |
Hoary puffleg | Haplophaedia lugens | 141 |
Black-breasted puffleg | Eriocnemis nigrivestis | 142 |
Gorgeted puffleg | Eriocnemis isabellae | 143 |
Glowing puffleg | Eriocnemis vestita | 144 |
Black-thighed puffleg | Eriocnemis derbyi | 145 |
Turquoise-throated puffleg | Eriocnemis godini | 146 |
Coppery-bellied puffleg | Eriocnemis cupreoventris | 147 |
Sapphire-vented puffleg | Eriocnemis luciani | 148 |
Golden-breasted puffleg | Eriocnemis mosquera | 149 |
Blue-capped puffleg | Eriocnemis glaucopoides | 150 |
Colorful puffleg | Eriocnemis mirabilis | 151 |
Emerald-bellied puffleg | Eriocnemis aline | 152 |
Marvelous spatuletail | Loddigesia mirabilis | 153 |
Shining sunbeam | Aglaeactis cupripennis | 154 |
White-tufted sunbeam | Aglaeactis castelnaudii | 155 |
Purple-backed sunbeam | Aglaeactis aliciae | 156 |
Black-hooded sunbeam | Aglaeactis pamela | 157 |
Bronzy inca | Coeligena coeligena | 158 |
Brown inca | Coeligena wilsoni | 159 |
Black inca | Coeligena prunellei | 160 |
Green inca | Coeligena conradii | 161 |
Collared inca | Coeligena torquata | 162 |
Gould's inca | Coeligena inca | 163 |
Violet-throated starfrontlet | Coeligena violifer | 164 |
Rainbow starfrontlet | Coeligena iris | 165 |
White-tailed starfrontlet | Coeligena phalerata | 166 |
Dusky starfrontlet | Coeligena orina | 167 |
Buff-winged starfrontlet | Coeligena lutetiae | 168 |
Perija starfrontlet | Coeligena consita | 169 |
Golden-bellied starfrontlet | Coeligena bonapartei | 170 |
Golden-tailed starfrontlet | Coeligena eos | 171 |
Blue-throated starfrontlet | Coeligena helianthea | 172 |
Mountain velvetbreast | Lafresnaya lafresnayi | 173 |
Sword-billed hummingbird | Ensifera ensifera | 174 |
Great sapphirewing | Pterophanes cyanopterus | 175 |
Buff-tailed coronet | Boissonneaua flavescens | 176 |
Chestnut-breasted coronet | Boissonneaua matthewsii | 177 |
Velvet-purple coronet | Boissonneaua jardini | 178 |
White-booted racket-tail | Ocreatus underwoodii | 179 |
Peruvian racket-tail | Ocreatus peruanus | 180 |
Rufous-booted racket-tail | Ocreatus addae | 181 |
Rufous-gaped hillstar | Urochroa bougueri | 182 |
Green-backed hillstar | Urochroa leucura | 183 |
Purple-bibbed whitetip | Urosticte benjamini | 184 |
Rufous-vented whitetip | Urosticte ruficrissa | 185 |
Velvet-browed brilliant | Heliodoxa xanthogonys | 186 |
Pink-throated brilliant | Heliodoxa gularis | 187 |
Rufous-webbed brilliant | Heliodoxa branickii | 188 |
Black-throated brilliant | Heliodoxa schreibersii | 189 |
Gould's jewelfront | Heliodoxa aurescens | 190 |
Fawn-breasted brilliant | Heliodoxa rubinoides | 191 |
Green-crowned brilliant | Heliodoxa jacula | 192 |
Empress brilliant | Heliodoxa imperatrix | 193 |
Violet-fronted brilliant | Heliodoxa leadbeateri | 194 |
Brazilian Ruby | Heliodoxa rubricauda | 195 |
Giant hummingbird | Patagona gigas | 196 |
Violet-chested hummingbird | Sternoclyta cyanopectus | 197 |
Scissor-tailed hummingbird | Hylonympha macrocerca | 198 |
Rivoli's hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens | 199 |
Talamanca hummingbird | Eugenes spectabilis | 200 |
Fiery-throated hummingbird | Panterpe insignis | 201 |
Long-billed starthroat | Heliomaster longirostris | 202 |
Plain-capped starthroat | Heliomaster constantii | 203 |
Stripe-breasted starthroat | Heliomaster squamosus | 204 |
Blue-tufted starthroat | Heliomaster furcifer | 205 |
White-bellied mountaingem | Lampornis hemileucus | 206 |
Blue-throated mountaingem | Lampornis clemenciae | 207 |
Amethyst-throated mountaingem | Lampornis amethystinus | 208 |
Green-throated mountaingem | Lampornis viridipallens | 209 |
Green-breasted mountaingem | Lampornis sybillae | 210 |
Purple-throated mountaingem | Lampornis calolaemus | 211 |
Grey-tailed mountaingem | Lampornis cinereicauda | 212 |
White-throated mountaingem | Lampornis castaneoventris | 213 |
Garnet-throated hummingbird | Lamprolaima rhami | 214 |
Amethyst woodstar | Calliphlox amethystina | 215 |
Purple-collared woodstar | Myrtis fanny | 216 |
Oasis hummingbird | Rhodopis vesper | 217 |
Short-tailed woodstar | Myrmia micrura | 218 |
Peruvian sheartail | Thaumastura cora | 219 |
Magenta-throated woodstar | Philodice bryantae | 220 |
Purple-throated woodstar | Philodice mitchellii | 221 |
Chilean woodstar | Eulidia yarrellii | 222 |
Slender-tailed woodstar | Microstilbon burmeisteri | 223 |
White-bellied woodstar | Chaetocercus mulsant | 224 |
Little woodstar | Chaetocercus bombus | 225 |
Gorgeted woodstar | Chaetocercus heliodor | 226 |
Santa Marta woodstar | Chaetocercus astreans | 227 |
Esmeraldas woodstar | Chaetocercus berlepschi | 228 |
Rufous-shafted woodstar | Chaetocercus jourdanii | 229 |
Sparkling-tailed woodstar | Tilmatura dupontii | 230 |
Slender sheartail | Doricha enicura | 231 |
Mexican sheartail | Doricha eliza | 232 |
Lucifer sheartail | Calothorax lucifer | 233 |
Beautiful sheartail | Calothorax pulcher | 234 |
Black-chinned hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | 235 |
Ruby-throated hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | 236 |
Vervain hummingbird | Mellisuga minima | 237 |
Bee hummingbird | Mellisuga helenae | 238 |
Bahama woodstar | Nesophlox evelynae | 239 |
Inagua woodstar | Nesophlox lyrura | 240 |
Anna's hummingbird | Calypte anna | 241 |
Costa's hummingbird | Calypte costae | 242 |
Calliope hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | 243 |
Rufous hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | 244 |
Allen's hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin | 245 |
Broad-tailed hummingbird | Selasphorus platycercus | 246 |
Bumblebee hummingbird | Selasphorus heloisa | 247 |
Wine-throated hummingbird | Selasphorus ellioti | 248 |
Volcano hummingbird | Selasphorus flammula | 249 |
Scintillant hummingbird | Selasphorus scintilla | 250 |
Glow-throated hummingbird | Selasphorus ardens | 251 |
Dusky hummingbird | Phaeoptila sordida | 252 |
Cuban emerald | Riccordia ricordii | 253 |
Brace's emerald | Riccordia bracei | 254 |
Hispaniolan emerald | Riccordia swainsonii | 255 |
Puerto Rican emerald | Riccordia maugaeus | 256 |
Blue-headed hummingbird | Riccordia bicolor | 257 |
Broad-billed hummingbird | Cynanthus latirostris | 258 |
Tres Marias hummingbird | Cynanthus lawrencei | 259 |
Turquoise-crowned hummingbird | Cynanthus doubledayi | 260 |
Golden-crowned emerald | Cynanthus auriceps | 261 |
Cozumel emerald | Cynanthus forficatus | 262 |
Canivet's emerald | Cynanthus canivetii | 263 |
Garden emerald | Chlorostilbon assimilis | 264 |
Western emerald | Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus | 265 |
Red-billed emerald | Chlorostilbon gibsoni | 266 |
Blue-tailed emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus | 267 |
Chiribiquete emerald | Chlorostilbon olivaresi | 268 |
Glittering-bellied emerald | Chlorostilbon lucidus | 269 |
Coppery emerald | Chlorostilbon russatus | 270 |
Narrow-tailed emerald | Chlorostilbon stenurus | 271 |
Green-tailed emerald | Chlorostilbon alice | 272 |
Short-tailed emerald | Chlorostilbon poortmani | 273 |
White-eared hummingbird | Basilinna leucotis | 274 |
Xantus's hummingbird | Basilinna xantusii | 275 |
Curve-winged sabrewing | Pampa curvipennis | 276 |
Wedge-tailed sabrewing | Pampa pampa | 277 |
Rufous sabrewing | Pampa rufa | 278 |
Emerald-chinned hummingbird | Abeillia abeillei | 279 |
Violet-headed hummingbird | Klais guimeti | 280 |
Antillean crested hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus | 281 |
Santa Marta blossomcrown | Anthocephala floriceps | 282 |
Tolima blossomcrown | Anthocephala berlepschi | 283 |
Green-crowned plovercrest | Stephanoxis lalandi | 284 |
Purple-crowned plovercrest | Stephanoxis loddigesii | 285 |
Grey-breasted sabrewing | Campylopterus largipennis | 286 |
Outcrop sabrewing | Campylopterus calcirupicola | 287 |
Diamantina sabrewing | Campylopterus diamantinensis | 288 |
Rufous-breasted sabrewing | Campylopterus hyperythrus | 289 |
White-tailed sabrewing | Campylopterus ensipennis | 290 |
Lazuline sabrewing | Campylopterus falcatus | 291 |
Santa Marta sabrewing | Campylopterus phainopeplus | 292 |
Violet sabrewing | Campylopterus hemileucurus | 293 |
Buff-breasted sabrewing | Campylopterus duidae | 294 |
Napo sabrewing | Campylopterus villaviscensio | 295 |
Bronze-tailed plumeleteer | Chalybura urochrysia | 296 |
White-vented plumeleteer | Chalybura buffonii | 297 |
Crowned woodnymph | Thalurania colombica | 298 |
Fork-tailed woodnymph | Thalurania furcata | 299 |
Long-tailed woodnymph | Thalurania watertonii | 300 |
Violet-capped woodnymph | Thalurania glaucopis | 301 |
Snowcap | Microchera albocoronata | 302 |
Coppery-headed emerald | Microchera cupreiceps | 303 |
White-tailed emerald | Microchera chionura | 304 |
Violet-capped hummingbird | Goldmania violiceps | 305 |
Pirre hummingbird | Goldmania bella | 306 |
Mexican woodnymph | Eupherusa ridgwayi | 307 |
White-tailed hummingbird | Eupherusa poliocerca | 308 |
Oaxaca hummingbird | Eupherusa cyanophrys | 309 |
Stripe-tailed hummingbird | Eupherusa eximia | 310 |
Black-bellied hummingbird | Eupherusa nigriventris | 311 |
Scaly-breasted hummingbird | Phaeochroa cuvierii | 312 |
Buffy hummingbird | Leucippus fallax | 313 |
Tumbes hummingbird | Thaumasius baeri | 314 |
Spot-throated hummingbird | Thaumasius taczanowskii | 315 |
Many-spotted hummingbird | Taphrospilus hypostictus | 316 |
Swallow-tailed hummingbird | Eupetomena macroura | 317 |
Sombre hummingbird | Eupetomena cirrochloris | 318 |
Olive-spotted hummingbird | Talaphorus chlorocercus | 319 |
Red-billed streamertail | Trochilus polytmus | 320 |
Black-billed streamertail | Trochilus scitulus | 321 |
Violet-crowned hummingbird | Ramosomyia violiceps | 322 |
Green-fronted hummingbird | Ramosomyia viridifrons | 323 |
Cinnamon-sided hummingbird | Ramosomyia wagneri | 324 |
Azure-crowned hummingbird | Saucerottia cyanocephala | 325 |
Blue-vented hummingbird | Saucerottia hoffmanni | 326 |
Berylline hummingbird | Saucerottia beryllina | 327 |
Blue-tailed hummingbird | Saucerottia cyanura | 328 |
Snowy-bellied hummingbird | Saucerottia edward | 329 |
Steely-vented hummingbird | Saucerottia saucerottei | 330 |
Indigo-capped hummingbird | Saucerottia cyanifrons | 331 |
Chestnut-bellied hummingbird | Saucerottia castaneiventris | 332 |
Green-bellied hummingbird | Saucerottia viridigaster | 333 |
Copper-tailed hummingbird | Saucerottia cupreicauda | 334 |
Copper-rumped hummingbird | Saucerottia tobaci | 335 |
Cinnamon hummingbird | Amazilia rutila | 336 |
Buff-bellied hummingbird | Amazilia yucatanensis | 337 |
Rufous-tailed hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl | 338 |
Honduran emerald | Amazilia luciae | 339 |
Mangrove hummingbird | Amazilia boucardi | 340 |
Amazilia hummingbird | Amazilis amazilia | 341 |
Andean emerald | Uranomitra franciae | 342 |
Shining-green hummingbird | Chrysuronia goudoti | 343 |
Golden-tailed sapphire | Chrysuronia oenone | 344 |
Versicolored emerald | Chrysuronia versicolor | 345 |
Sapphire-throated hummingbird | Chrysuronia coeruleogularis | 346 |
Sapphire-bellied hummingbird | Chrysuronia lilliae | 347 |
Humboldt's sapphire | Chrysuronia humboldtii | 348 |
Blue-headed sapphire | Chrysuronia grayi | 349 |
White-chested emerald | Chrysuronia brevirostris | 350 |
Plain-bellied emerald | Chrysuronia leucogaster | 351 |
White-throated hummingbird | Leucochloris albicollis | 352 |
Glittering-throated emerald | Chionomesa fimbriata | 353 |
Sapphire-spangled emerald | Chionomesa lactea | 354 |
Rufous-throated sapphire | Hylocharis sapphirina | 355 |
Gilded sapphire | Hylocharis chrysura | 356 |
White-bellied hummingbird | Elliotomyia chionogaster | 357 |
Green-and-white hummingbird | Elliotomyia viridicauda | 358 |
Blue-chested hummingbird | Polyerata amabilis | 359 |
Charming hummingbird | Polyerata decora | 360 |
Purple-chested hummingbird | Polyerata rosenbergi | 361 |
White-bellied emerald | Chlorestes candida | 362 |
Blue-throated sapphire | Chlorestes eliciae | 363 |
White-chinned sapphire | Chlorestes cyanus | 364 |
Violet-bellied hummingbird | Chlorestes julie | 365 |
Blue-chinned sapphire | Chlorestes notata | 366 |
References
- ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (January 2023). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 13.1. Retrieved February 1, 2023.