Hummingbirds
Order: Trochiliformes. Family: Trochilidae
Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards.
- Green-breasted Mango, Anthracothorax prevostii (A)
- Antillean Mango, Anthracothorax dominicus
- Green Mango, Anthracothorax viridis (E)
- Purple-throated Carib, Eulampis jugularis (A)
- Green-throated Carib, Eulampis holosericeus
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird, Orthorhyncus cristatus
- Puerto Rican Emerald, Chlorostilbon maugaeus (E)
- Vervain Hummingbird, Mellisuga minima (A)
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris (A)
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