List of Birds of Bolivia - Hummingbirds

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.

  • Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini
  • Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsuta
  • Pale-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes niger
  • Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
  • White-bearded Hermit Phaethornis hispidus
  • Eastern Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus
  • Great-billed Hermit Phaethornis malaris
  • Needle-billed Hermit Phaethornis philippii
  • Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei
  • Buff-bellied Hermit Phaethornis subochraceus
  • Cinnamon-throated Hermit Phaethornis nattereri
  • Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber
  • White-browed Hermit Phaethornis stuarti
  • Gray-chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis
  • Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
  • Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis
  • Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macrourus
  • White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
  • Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae
  • Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
  • Sparkling Violet-ear Colibri coruscans
  • White-vented Violet-ear Colibri serrirostris
  • Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
  • Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
  • Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
  • Dot-eared Coquette Lophornis gouldii
  • Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei
  • Spangled Coquette Lophornis stictolophus
  • Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus
  • Black-bellied Thorntail Popelairia langsdorffi
  • Coppery Thorntail Popelairia letitiae (E)
  • Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
  • Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon aureoventris
  • Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
  • Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina
  • White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus
  • Gilded Sapphire Hylocharis chrysura
  • Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone
  • White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis
  • White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
  • White-bellied Hummingbird Leucippus chionogaster
  • Many-spotted Hummingbird Leucippus hypostictus
  • Versicolored Emerald Agyrtria versicolor
  • Rondonia Emerald Agyrtria rondoniae
  • Sapphire-spangled Emerald Polyerata lactea
  • Glittering-throated Emerald Polyerata fimbriata
  • Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
  • Gould's Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens
  • Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides
  • Violet-fronted Brilliant Heliodoxa leadbeateri
  • Rufous-webbed Brilliant Heliodoxa branickii
  • Black-hooded Sunbeam Aglaeactis pamela (E)
  • Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella
  • White-sided Hillstar Oreotrochilus leucopleurus
  • Wedge-tailed Hillstar Oreotrochilus adela (E)
  • Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena
  • Gould's Inca Coeligena inca
  • Violet-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer
  • Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
  • Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
  • Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
  • Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis
  • Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides
  • Greenish Puffleg Haplophaedia aureliae
  • Buff-thighed Puffleg Haplophaedia assimilis
  • Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
  • Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna
  • Red-tailed Comet Sappho sparganura
  • Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum
  • Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
  • Scaled Metaltail Metallura aeneocauda
  • Rufous-capped Thornbill Chalcostigma ruficeps
  • Olivaceous Thornbill Chalcostigma olivaceum
  • Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi
  • Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi
  • Wedge-billed Hummingbird Augastes geoffroyi
  • Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx aurita
  • Horned Sungem Heliactin bilopha
  • Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
  • Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer
  • Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina
  • Slender-tailed Woodstar Microstilbon burmeisteri
  • White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant

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