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Oasis Hummingbird
Rhodopis vesper (R.Lesson, 1829)
Rhodopis vesper, the oasis hummingbird, is a small hummingbird with three subspecies distributed along the Pacific coast of Peru and Chile.
Costa's Hummingbird
Calypte costae (Bourcier, 1839)
Calypte costae, Costa's hummingbird, is a small hummingbird found in arid regions of the southwestern US and Baja California.
Anna's Hummingbird
Calypte anna (R.Lesson, 1829)
Calypte anna, Anna's hummingbird, is a small North American hummingbird with distinctive iridescent male head plumage and an expanding range.
Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin (R.Lesson, 1829)
Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin) is a small North American hummingbird with distinct plumage and a declining population.
Scintillant Hummingbird
Selasphorus scintilla (Gould, 1851)
Selasphorus scintilla, the scintillant hummingbird, is an extremely small hummingbird with specific plumage traits and habitat preferences.
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus (J.F.Gmelin, 1788)
Selasphorus rufus, the rufous hummingbird, is a small migratory North American hummingbird with distinct plumage traits.
Volcano Hummingbird
Selasphorus flammula Salvin, 1865
This is a description of the volcano hummingbird Selasphorus flammula, covering its physical traits and Central American range.
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus (Swainson, 1827)
Selasphorus platycercus, the broad-tailed hummingbird, is a sexually dimorphic North and Central American hummingbird named for its distinctive broad tail.
Calliope Hummingbird
Selasphorus calliope (Gould, 1847)
Selasphorus calliope, the calliope hummingbird, is the smallest breeding bird in Canada and the US, found across western North America.
Wine-throated Hummingbird
Selasphorus ellioti (Ridgway, 1878)
Selasphorus ellioti, the wine-throated hummingbird, is a small hummingbird with two subspecies found across montane Central America.
Bumblebee Hummingbird
Selasphorus heloisa (R.Lesson & Delattre, 1839)
Selasphorus heloisa, the bumblebee hummingbird, is a very small hummingbird with two subspecies found in Mexican mountains.
Lucifer Hummingbird
Calothorax lucifer (Swainson, 1827)
Calothorax lucifer, the lucifer sheartail, is a medium-sized North American desert hummingbird with distinct male and female plumage.
Vervain Hummingbird
Mellisuga minima (Linnaeus, 1758)
The vervain hummingbird, the world's second-smallest bird, lives across most open and human-modified habitats in Jamaica and Hispaniola.
Bee Hummingbird
Mellisuga helenae (Lembeye, 1850)
Mellisuga helenae, the bee hummingbird, is the world's smallest living bird, endemic to the Cuban archipelago.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris (Linnaeus, 1758)
Archilochus colubris, the ruby-throated hummingbird, is a small migratory hummingbird native to North and Central America.
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)
Archilochus alexandri, the black-chinned hummingbird, is a small North American hummingbird with distinct plumage differences between sexes.
Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird
Tilmatura dupontii (R.Lesson, 1832)
Tilmatura dupontii, the sparkling-tailed woodstar, is a hummingbird found from Mexico to northern Nicaragua in semi-open habitats.
Short-tailed Woodstar
Myrmia micrura (Gould, 1854)
Myrmia micrura, the short-tailed woodstar, is a tiny South American hummingbird found in arid lowland habitats from Ecuador to Peru.
Peruvian Sheartail
Thaumastura cora (R.Lesson & Garnot, 1827)
Thaumastura cora (Peruvian sheartail) is a tiny hummingbird found in western South America's arid coastal zones and human cultivated areas.
Mexican Sheartail
Doricha eliza (R.Lesson & Delattre, 1839)
Doricha eliza (Mexican sheartail) is a tiny sexually dimorphic hummingbird found only in Mexico, threatened by habitat loss.
Slender Sheartail
Doricha enicura (Vieillot, 1818)
This hummingbird species has distinct male and female traits and lives in semi-open highland habitats from southern Mexico to Honduras.
Amethyst Woodstar
Calliphlox amethystina (Boddaert, 1783)
Calliphlox amethystina, the amethyst woodstar, is a small hummingbird found across much of South America in open and semi-open habitats.
Bahama Woodstar
Nesophlox evelynae (Bourcier, 1847)
Nesophlox evelynae, the Bahama woodstar, is a small non-migratory hummingbird native to the Lucayan Archipelago.
Purple-throated Woodstar
Calliphlox mitchellii (Bourcier, 1847)
Purple-throated woodstar is a small hummingbird found in northwestern South America and eastern Panama, inhabiting humid forests and cloudforests.
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