List of hummingbirds


The International Ornithological Committee recognizes these 366 hummingbird species in family Trochilidae, and distributes them among 112 genera. 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 nameBinomial name + authorityIOC sequence
Crimson topazTopaza pella 1
Fiery topazTopaza pyra 2
White-necked jacobinFlorisuga mellivora 3
Black jacobinFlorisuga fusca 4
White-tipped sicklebillEutoxeres aquila 5
Buff-tailed sicklebillEutoxeres condamini 6
Saw-billed hermitRamphodon naevius 7
Hook-billed hermitGlaucis dohrnii 8
Bronzy hermitGlaucis aeneus Lawrence, 18689
Rufous-breasted hermitGlaucis hirsutus 10
Band-tailed barbthroatThrenetes ruckeri 11
Pale-tailed barbthroatThrenetes leucurus 12
Sooty barbthroatThrenetes niger 13
Broad-tipped hermitAnopetia gounellei 14
Dusky-throated hermitPhaethornis squalidus 15
Streak-throated hermitPhaethornis rupurumii Boucard, 189216
Little hermitPhaethornis longuemareus 17
Tapajos hermitPhaethornis aethopygus Zimmer, JT, 195018
Minute hermitPhaethornis idaliae 19
Cinnamon-throated hermitPhaethornis nattereri Berlepsch, 188720
Black-throated hermitPhaethornis atrimentalis Lawrence, 185821
Stripe-throated hermitPhaethornis striigularis Gould, 185422
Grey-chinned hermitPhaethornis griseogularis Gould, 185123
Reddish hermitPhaethornis ruber 24
White-browed hermitPhaethornis stuarti Hartert, EJO, 189725
Buff-bellied hermitPhaethornis subochraceus Todd, 191526
Sooty-capped hermitPhaethornis augusti 27
Planalto hermitPhaethornis pretrei 28
Scale-throated hermitPhaethornis eurynome 29
Pale-bellied hermitPhaethornis anthophilus 30
White-bearded hermitPhaethornis hispidus 31
White-whiskered hermitPhaethornis yaruqui 32
Green hermitPhaethornis guy 33
Tawny-bellied hermitPhaethornis syrmatophorus Gould, 185234
Koepcke's hermitPhaethornis koepckeae Weske & Terborgh, 197735
Needle-billed hermitPhaethornis philippii 36
Straight-billed hermitPhaethornis bourcieri 37
Mexican hermitPhaethornis mexicanus Hartert, EJO, 189738
Long-billed hermitPhaethornis longirostris 39
Long-tailed hermitPhaethornis superciliosus 40
Great-billed hermitPhaethornis malaris 41
Green-fronted lancebillDoryfera ludovicae 42
Blue-fronted lancebillDoryfera johannae 43
White-throated daggerbillSchistes albogularis Gould, 185244
Geoffroy's daggerbillSchistes geoffroyi 45
Hyacinth visorbearerAugastes scutatus 46
Hooded visorbearerAugastes lumachella 47
Brown violetearColibri delphinae 48
Mexican violetearColibri thalassinus 49
Lesser violetearColibri cyanotus 50
Sparkling violetearColibri coruscans 51
White-vented violetearColibri serrirostris 52
Tooth-billed hummingbirdAndrodon aequatorialis Gould, 186353
Horned sungemHeliactin bilophus 54
Purple-crowned fairyHeliothryx barroti 55
Black-eared fairyHeliothryx auritus 56
White-tailed goldenthroatPolytmus guainumbi 57
Tepui goldenthroatPolytmus milleri 58
Green-tailed goldenthroatPolytmus theresiae 59
Fiery-tailed awlbillAvocettula recurvirostris 60
Ruby-topaz hummingbirdChrysolampis mosquitus 61
Jamaican mangoAnthracothorax mango 62
Green-throated mangoAnthracothorax viridigula 63
Green-breasted mangoAnthracothorax prevostii 64
Veraguan mangoAnthracothorax veraguensis Reichenbach, 185565
Black-throated mangoAnthracothorax nigricollis 66
Hispaniolan mangoAnthracothorax dominicus 67
Puerto Rican mangoAnthracothorax aurulentus 68
Green mangoAnthracothorax viridis 69
Green-throated caribEulampis holosericeus 70
Purple-throated caribEulampis jugularis 71
Orange-throated sunangelHeliangelus mavors Gould, 184872
Amethyst-throated sunangelHeliangelus amethysticollis 73
Longuemare's sunangelHeliangelus clarisse 74
Merida sunangelHeliangelus spencei 75
Gorgeted sunangelHeliangelus strophianus 76
Tourmaline sunangelHeliangelus exortis 77
Flame-throated sunangelHeliangelus micraster Gould, 187278
Purple-throated sunangelHeliangelus viola Gould, 185379
Royal sunangelHeliangelus regalis Fitzpatrick, Willard & Terborgh, 197980
Green-backed firecrownSephanoides sephaniodes 81
Juan Fernandez firecrownSephanoides fernandensis 82
Green thorntailDiscosura conversii 83
Wire-crested thorntailDiscosura popelairii 84
Black-bellied thorntailDiscosura langsdorffi 85
Letitia's thorntailDiscosura letitiae 86
Racket-tipped thorntailDiscosura longicaudus 87
Tufted coquetteLophornis ornatus 88
Dot-eared coquetteLophornis gouldii 89
Frilled coquetteLophornis magnificus 90
Short-crested coquetteLophornis brachylophus Moore, RT, 194991
Rufous-crested coquetteLophornis delattrei 92
Spangled coquetteLophornis stictolophus Salvin & Elliot, DG, 187393
Festive coquetteLophornis chalybeus 94
Butterfly coquetteLophornis verreauxii Bourcier, 185395
Peacock coquetteLophornis pavoninus Salvin & Godman, 188296
Black-crested coquetteLophornis helenae 97
White-crested coquetteLophornis adorabilis Salvin, 187098
Ecuadorian piedtailPhlogophilus hemileucurus Gould, 186099
Peruvian piedtailPhlogophilus harterti Berlepsch & Stolzmann, 1901100
Speckled hummingbirdAdelomyia melanogenys 101
Long-tailed sylphAglaiocercus kingii 102
Violet-tailed sylphAglaiocercus coelestis 103
Venezuelan sylphAglaiocercus berlepschi 104
Red-tailed cometSappho sparganurus 105
Bronze-tailed cometPolyonymus caroli 106
Grey-bellied cometTaphrolesbia griseiventris 107
Andean hillstarOreotrochilus estella 108
White-sided hillstarOreotrochilus leucopleurus Gould, 1847109
Ecuadorian hillstarOreotrochilus chimborazo 110
Blue-throated hillstarOreotrochilus cyanolaemus Sornoza-Molina, Freile, Nilsson, J, Krabbe & Bonaccorso, 2018111
Green-headed hillstarOreotrochilus stolzmanni Salvin, 1895112
Black-breasted hillstarOreotrochilus melanogaster Gould, 1847113
Wedge-tailed hillstarOreotrochilus adela 114
Mountain avocetbillOpisthoprora euryptera 115
Black-tailed trainbearerLesbia victoriae 116
Green-tailed trainbearerLesbia nuna 117
Black-backed thornbillRamphomicron dorsale Salvin & Godman, 1880118
Purple-backed thornbillRamphomicron microrhynchum 119
Bearded mountaineerOreonympha nobilis Gould, 1869120
Buffy helmetcrestOxypogon stuebelii Meyer, AB, 1884121
Blue-bearded helmetcrestOxypogon cyanolaemus Salvin & Godman, 1880122
White-bearded helmetcrestOxypogon lindenii 123
Green-bearded helmetcrestOxypogon guerinii 124
Bronze-tailed thornbillChalcostigma heteropogon 125
Rainbow-bearded thornbillChalcostigma herrani 126
Rufous-capped thornbillChalcostigma ruficeps 127
Olivaceous thornbillChalcostigma olivaceum 128
Blue-mantled thornbillChalcostigma stanleyi 129
Tyrian metaltailMetallura tyrianthina 130
Perija metaltailMetallura iracunda Wetmore, 1946131
Viridian metaltailMetallura williami 132
Violet-throated metaltailMetallura baroni Salvin, 1893133
Neblina metaltailMetallura odomae Graves, GR, 1980134
Coppery metaltailMetallura theresiae Simon, 1902135
Fiery-throated metaltailMetallura eupogon 136
Scaled metaltailMetallura aeneocauda 137
Black metaltailMetallura phoebe 138
Greenish pufflegHaplophaedia aureliae 139
Buff-thighed pufflegHaplophaedia assimilis 140
Hoary pufflegHaplophaedia lugens 141
Black-breasted pufflegEriocnemis nigrivestis 142
Gorgeted pufflegEriocnemis isabellae Cortés-Diago, Ortega, Mazariegos-Hurtado & Weller, 2007143
Glowing pufflegEriocnemis vestita 144
Black-thighed pufflegEriocnemis derbyi 145
Turquoise-throated pufflegEriocnemis godini 146
Coppery-bellied pufflegEriocnemis cupreoventris 147
Sapphire-vented pufflegEriocnemis luciani 148
Golden-breasted pufflegEriocnemis mosquera 149
Blue-capped pufflegEriocnemis glaucopoides 150
Colorful pufflegEriocnemis mirabilis Meyer de Schauensee, 1967151
Emerald-bellied pufflegEriocnemis aline 152
Marvelous spatuletailLoddigesia mirabilis 153
Shining sunbeamAglaeactis cupripennis 154
White-tufted sunbeamAglaeactis castelnaudii 155
Purple-backed sunbeamAglaeactis aliciae Salvin, 1896156
Black-hooded sunbeamAglaeactis pamela 157
Bronzy incaCoeligena coeligena 158
Brown incaCoeligena wilsoni 159
Black incaCoeligena prunellei 160
Green incaCoeligena conradii 161
Collared incaCoeligena torquata 162
Gould's incaCoeligena inca 163
Violet-throated starfrontletCoeligena violifer 164
Rainbow starfrontletCoeligena iris 165
White-tailed starfrontletCoeligena phalerata 166
Dusky starfrontletCoeligena orina Wetmore, 1953167
Buff-winged starfrontletCoeligena lutetiae 168
Perija starfrontletCoeligena consita Wetmore & Phelps, WH Jr, 1952169
Golden-bellied starfrontletCoeligena bonapartei 170
Golden-tailed starfrontletCoeligena eos 171
Blue-throated starfrontletCoeligena helianthea 172
Mountain velvetbreastLafresnaya lafresnayi 173
Sword-billed hummingbirdEnsifera ensifera 174
Great sapphirewingPterophanes cyanopterus 175
Buff-tailed coronetBoissonneaua flavescens 176
Chestnut-breasted coronetBoissonneaua matthewsii 177
Velvet-purple coronetBoissonneaua jardini 178
White-booted racket-tailOcreatus underwoodii 179
Peruvian racket-tailOcreatus peruanus 180
Rufous-booted racket-tailOcreatus addae 181
Rufous-gaped hillstarUrochroa bougueri 182
Green-backed hillstarUrochroa leucura Lawrence, 1864183
Purple-bibbed whitetipUrosticte benjamini 184
Rufous-vented whitetipUrosticte ruficrissa Lawrence, 1864185
Velvet-browed brilliantHeliodoxa xanthogonys Salvin & Godman, 1882186
Pink-throated brilliantHeliodoxa gularis 187
Rufous-webbed brilliantHeliodoxa branickii 188
Black-throated brilliantHeliodoxa schreibersii 189
Gould's jewelfrontHeliodoxa aurescens 190
Fawn-breasted brilliantHeliodoxa rubinoides 191
Green-crowned brilliantHeliodoxa jacula Gould, 1850192
Empress brilliantHeliodoxa imperatrix 193
Violet-fronted brilliantHeliodoxa leadbeateri 194
Brazilian rubyHeliodoxa rubricauda 195
Giant hummingbirdPatagona gigas 196
Violet-chested hummingbirdSternoclyta cyanopectus 197
Scissor-tailed hummingbirdHylonympha macrocerca Gould, 1873198
Rivoli's hummingbirdEugenes fulgens 199
Talamanca hummingbirdEugenes spectabilis 200
Fiery-throated hummingbirdPanterpe insignis Cabanis & Heine, 1860201
Long-billed starthroatHeliomaster longirostris 202
Plain-capped starthroatHeliomaster constantii 203
Stripe-breasted starthroatHeliomaster squamosus 204
Blue-tufted starthroatHeliomaster furcifer 205
White-bellied mountaingemLampornis hemileucus 206
Blue-throated mountaingemLampornis clemenciae 207
Amethyst-throated mountaingemLampornis amethystinus Swainson, 1827208
Green-throated mountaingemLampornis viridipallens 209
Green-breasted mountaingemLampornis sybillae 210
Purple-throated mountaingemLampornis calolaemus 211
Grey-tailed mountaingemLampornis cinereicauda 212
White-throated mountaingemLampornis castaneoventris 213
Garnet-throated hummingbirdLamprolaima rhami 214
Amethyst woodstarCalliphlox amethystina 215
Purple-collared woodstarMyrtis fanny 216
Oasis hummingbirdRhodopis vesper 217
Short-tailed woodstarMyrmia micrura 218
Peruvian sheartailThaumastura cora 219
Magenta-throated woodstarPhilodice bryantae 220
Purple-throated woodstarPhilodice mitchellii 221
Chilean woodstarEulidia yarrellii 222
Slender-tailed woodstarMicrostilbon burmeisteri 223
White-bellied woodstarChaetocercus mulsant 224
Little woodstarChaetocercus bombus Gould, 1871225
Gorgeted woodstarChaetocercus heliodor 226
Santa Marta woodstarChaetocercus astreans 227
Esmeraldas woodstarChaetocercus berlepschi Simon, 1889228
Rufous-shafted woodstarChaetocercus jourdanii 229
Sparkling-tailed woodstarTilmatura dupontii 230
Slender sheartailDoricha enicura 231
Mexican sheartailDoricha eliza 232
Lucifer sheartailCalothorax lucifer 233
Beautiful sheartailCalothorax pulcher Gould, 1859234
Black-chinned hummingbirdArchilochus alexandri 235
Ruby-throated hummingbirdArchilochus colubris 236
Vervain hummingbirdMellisuga minima 237
Bee hummingbirdMellisuga helenae 238
Bahama woodstarNesophlox evelynae 239
Inagua woodstarNesophlox lyrura 240
Anna's hummingbirdCalypte anna 241
Costa's hummingbirdCalypte costae 242
Calliope hummingbirdSelasphorus calliope 243
Rufous hummingbirdSelasphorus rufus 244
Allen's hummingbirdSelasphorus sasin 245
Broad-tailed hummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus 246
Bumblebee hummingbirdSelasphorus heloisa 247
Wine-throated hummingbirdSelasphorus ellioti 248
Volcano hummingbirdSelasphorus flammula Salvin, 1865249
Scintillant hummingbirdSelasphorus scintilla 250
Glow-throated hummingbirdSelasphorus ardens Salvin, 1870251
Dusky hummingbirdPhaeoptila sordida 252
Cuban emeraldRiccordia ricordii 253
Brace's emeraldRiccordia bracei 254
Hispaniolan emeraldRiccordia swainsonii 255
Puerto Rican emeraldRiccordia maugaeus 256
Blue-headed hummingbirdRiccordia bicolor 257
Broad-billed hummingbirdCynanthus latirostris Swainson, 1827258
Tres Marias hummingbirdCynanthus lawrencei 259
Turquoise-crowned hummingbirdCynanthus doubledayi 260
Golden-crowned emeraldCynanthus auriceps 261
Cozumel emeraldCynanthus forficatus 262
Canivet's emeraldCynanthus canivetii 263
Garden emeraldChlorostilbon assimilis Lawrence, 1861264
Western emeraldChlorostilbon melanorhynchus Gould, 1860265
Red-billed emeraldChlorostilbon gibsoni 266
Blue-tailed emeraldChlorostilbon mellisugus 267
Chiribiquete emeraldChlorostilbon olivaresi Stiles, 1996268
Glittering-bellied emeraldChlorostilbon lucidus 269
Coppery emeraldChlorostilbon russatus 270
Narrow-tailed emeraldChlorostilbon stenurus 271
Green-tailed emeraldChlorostilbon alice 272
Short-tailed emeraldChlorostilbon poortmani 273
White-eared hummingbirdBasilinna leucotis 274
Xantus's hummingbirdBasilinna xantusii 275
Curve-winged sabrewingPampa curvipennis 276
Wedge-tailed sabrewingPampa pampa 277
Rufous sabrewingPampa rufa 278
Emerald-chinned hummingbirdAbeillia abeillei 279
Violet-headed hummingbirdKlais guimeti 280
Antillean crested hummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus 281
Santa Marta blossomcrownAnthocephala floriceps 282
Tolima blossomcrownAnthocephala berlepschi Salvin, 1893283
Green-crowned plovercrestStephanoxis lalandi 284
Purple-crowned plovercrestStephanoxis loddigesii 285
Grey-breasted sabrewingCampylopterus largipennis 286
Outcrop sabrewingCampylopterus calcirupicola Lopes, de Vasconcelos & Gonzaga, 2017287
Diamantina sabrewingCampylopterus diamantinensis Ruschi, 1963288
Rufous-breasted sabrewingCampylopterus hyperythrus Cabanis, 1849289
White-tailed sabrewingCampylopterus ensipennis 290
Lazuline sabrewingCampylopterus falcatus 291
Santa Marta sabrewingCampylopterus phainopeplus Salvin & Godman, 1879292
Violet sabrewingCampylopterus hemileucurus 293
Buff-breasted sabrewingCampylopterus duidae Chapman, 1929294
Napo sabrewingCampylopterus villaviscensio 295
Bronze-tailed plumeleteerChalybura urochrysia 296
White-vented plumeleteerChalybura buffonii 297
Crowned woodnymphThalurania colombica 298
Fork-tailed woodnymphThalurania furcata 299
Long-tailed woodnymphThalurania watertonii 300
Violet-capped woodnymphThalurania glaucopis 301
SnowcapMicrochera albocoronata 302
Coppery-headed emeraldMicrochera cupreiceps 303
White-tailed emeraldMicrochera chionura 304
Violet-capped hummingbirdGoldmania violiceps Nelson, 1911305
Pirre hummingbirdGoldmania bella 306
Mexican woodnymphEupherusa ridgwayi 307
White-tailed hummingbirdEupherusa poliocerca Elliot, DG, 1871308
Oaxaca hummingbirdEupherusa cyanophrys Rowley, JS & Orr, 1964309
Stripe-tailed hummingbirdEupherusa eximia 310
Black-bellied hummingbirdEupherusa nigriventris Lawrence, 1868311
Scaly-breasted hummingbirdPhaeochroa cuvierii 312
Buffy hummingbirdLeucippus fallax 313
Tumbes hummingbirdThaumasius baeri 314
Spot-throated hummingbirdThaumasius taczanowskii Sclater, PL, 1879315
Many-spotted hummingbirdTaphrospilus hypostictus 316
Swallow-tailed hummingbirdEupetomena macroura 317
Sombre hummingbirdEupetomena cirrochloris 318
Olive-spotted hummingbirdTalaphorus chlorocercus 319
Red-billed streamertailTrochilus polytmus Linnaeus, 1758320
Black-billed streamertailTrochilus scitulus 321
Violet-crowned hummingbirdRamosomyia violiceps 322
Green-fronted hummingbirdRamosomyia viridifrons 323
Cinnamon-sided hummingbirdRamosomyia wagneri 324
Azure-crowned hummingbirdSaucerottia cyanocephala 325
Blue-vented hummingbirdSaucerottia hoffmanni 326
Berylline hummingbirdSaucerottia beryllina 327
Blue-tailed hummingbirdSaucerottia cyanura 328
Snowy-bellied hummingbirdSaucerottia edward 329
Steely-vented hummingbirdSaucerottia saucerottei 330
Indigo-capped hummingbirdSaucerottia cyanifrons 331
Chestnut-bellied hummingbirdSaucerottia castaneiventris 332
Green-bellied hummingbirdSaucerottia viridigaster 333
Copper-tailed hummingbirdSaucerottia cupreicauda 334
Copper-rumped hummingbirdSaucerottia tobaci 335
Cinnamon hummingbirdAmazilia rutila 336
Buff-bellied hummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis 337
Rufous-tailed hummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl 338
Honduran emeraldAmazilia luciae 339
Amazilia hummingbirdAmazilis amazilia 340
Andean emeraldUranomitra franciae 341
Shining-green hummingbirdChrysuronia goudoti 342
Golden-tailed sapphireChrysuronia oenone 343
Versicolored emeraldChrysuronia versicolor 344
Mangrove hummingbirdChrysuronia boucardi 345
Sapphire-throated hummingbirdChrysuronia coeruleogularis 346
Sapphire-bellied hummingbirdChrysuronia lilliae 347
Humboldt's sapphireChrysuronia humboldtii 348
Blue-headed sapphireChrysuronia grayi 349
White-chested emeraldChrysuronia brevirostris 350
Plain-bellied emeraldChrysuronia leucogaster 351
White-throated hummingbirdLeucochloris albicollis 352
Glittering-throated emeraldChionomesa fimbriata 353
Sapphire-spangled emeraldChionomesa lactea 354
Rufous-throated sapphireHylocharis sapphirina 355
Gilded sapphireHylocharis chrysura 356
White-bellied hummingbirdElliotomyia chionogaster 357
Green-and-white hummingbirdElliotomyia viridicauda 358
Blue-chested hummingbirdPolyerata amabilis 359
Charming hummingbirdPolyerata decora Salvin, 1891360
Purple-chested hummingbirdPolyerata rosenbergi Boucard, 1895361
White-bellied emeraldChlorestes candida 362
Blue-throated sapphireChlorestes eliciae 363
White-chinned sapphireChlorestes cyanus 364
Violet-bellied hummingbirdChlorestes julie 365
Blue-chinned sapphireChlorestes notata 366