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.
- Scale-throated Hermit Phaethornis eurynome
- Planalto Hermit Phaethornis pretrei
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macrourus
- Black Jacobin Florisuga fuscus (A)
- Sparkling Violet-ear Colibri coruscans
- White-vented Violet-ear Colibri serrirostris
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Plovercrest Stephanoxis lalandi
- Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus (A)
- Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon aureoventris
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
- Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis
- Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina
- White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus
- Gilded Sapphire Hylocharis chrysura
- White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis
- White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
- White-bellied Hummingbird Leucippus chionogaster
- Versicolored Emerald Agyrtria versicolor
- Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
- Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella
- White-sided Hillstar Oreotrochilus leucopleurus
- Wedge-tailed Hillstar Oreotrochilus adela (A)
- Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
- Green-backed Firecrown Sephanoides sephaniodes
- Blue-capped Puffleg Eriocnemis glaucopoides
- Red-tailed Comet Sappho sparganura
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer
- Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina
- Slender-tailed Woodstar Microstilbon burmeisteri
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