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 17 species which have been recorded in Paraguay.
- Scale-throated Hermit Phaethornis eurynome
- Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macrourus
- Black Jacobin Florisuga fuscus
- White-vented Violet-ear Colibri serrirostris
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Plovercrest Stephanoxis lalandi
- Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon aureoventris
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
- Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis
- Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina
- Gilded Sapphire Hylocharis chrysura
- White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis
- White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
- Versicolored Emerald Agyrtria versicolor
- Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer
- Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Paraguay