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. There are 30 species which have been recorded in French Guiana.
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsuta
- Pale-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes niger
- Eastern Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus
- Great-billed Hermit Phaethornis malaris
- Straight-billed Hermit Phaethornis bourcieri
- Little Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus
- Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber
- Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macrourus (A)
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Green-throated Mango Anthracothorax viridigula
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Fiery-tailed Awlbill Avocettula recurvirostris
- Crimson Topaz Topaza pella
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus
- Tufted Coquette Lophornis ornatus
- Racket-tailed Coquette Discosura longicauda
- Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorostilbon notatus
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
- Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina
- White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus
- White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
- Green-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus theresiae
- Plain-bellied Emerald Agyrtria leucogaster
- White-chested Emerald Agyrtria brevirostris
- Glittering-throated Emerald Polyerata fimbriata
- Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx aurita
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of French Guiana