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 135 species which have been recorded in Peru.
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
- Buff-tailed Sicklebill Eutoxeres condamini
- Rufous-breasted Hermit Glaucis hirsuta
- Pale-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes niger
- Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
- White-bearded Hermit Phaethornis hispidus
- Western Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Eastern Long-tailed Hermit Phaethornis superciliosus
- Great-billed Hermit Phaethornis malaris
- Tawny-bellied Hermit Phaethornis syrmatophorus
- Koepcke's Hermit Phaethornis koepckeae (E)
- Needle-billed Hermit Phaethornis philippii
- Straight-billed Hermit Phaethornis bourcieri
- Reddish Hermit Phaethornis ruber
- White-browed Hermit Phaethornis stuarti
- Black-throated Hermit Phaethornis atrimentalis
- Gray-chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis
- Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
- Blue-fronted Lancebill Doryfera johannae
- Gray-breasted Sabrewing Campylopterus largipennis
- Napo Sabrewing Campylopterus villaviscensio
- 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
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Fiery Topaz Topaza pyra
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Rufous-crested Coquette Lophornis delattrei
- Spangled Coquette Lophornis stictolophus
- Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus
- Wire-crested Thorntail Popelairia popelairii
- Black-bellied Thorntail Popelairia langsdorffi
- Green Thorntail Discosura conversii
- Blue-chinned Sapphire Chlorostilbon notatus
- Blue-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon mellisugus
- Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon aureoventris (A)
- Short-tailed Emerald Chlorostilbon poortmani
- Green-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania fannyi (A)
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph Thalurania furcata
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird Damophila julie
- Rufous-throated Sapphire Hylocharis sapphirina
- White-chinned Sapphire Hylocharis cyanus
- Golden-tailed Sapphire Chrysuronia oenone
- White-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus guainumbi
- Green-tailed Goldenthroat Polytmus theresiae
- Tumbes Hummingbird Leucippus baeri (E)
- Spot-throated Hummingbird Leucippus taczanowskii (E)
- Olive-spotted Hummingbird Leucippus chlorocercus (E)
- White-bellied Hummingbird Leucippus chionogaster
- Green-and-white Hummingbird Leucippus viridicauda (E)
- Many-spotted Hummingbird Leucippus hypostictus
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Amazilia Hummingbird Amazilia amazilia
- Versicolored Emerald Agyrtria versicolor (A)
- Andean Emerald Agyrtria franciae
- Sapphire-spangled Emerald Polyerata lactea
- Glittering-throated Emerald Polyerata fimbriata
- White-vented Plumeleteer Chalybura buffonii
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
- Ecuadorian Piedtail Phlogophilus hemileucurus
- Peruvian Piedtail Phlogophilus harterti (E)
- Speckled Hummingbird Adelomyia melanogenys
- Gould's Jewelfront Heliodoxa aurescens
- Fawn-breasted Brilliant Heliodoxa rubinoides
- Violet-fronted Brilliant Heliodoxa leadbeateri
- Black-throated Brilliant Heliodoxa schreibersii
- Pink-throated Brilliant Heliodoxa gularis
- Rufous-webbed Brilliant Heliodoxa branickii (E)
- White-tailed Hillstar Urochroa bougueri
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii
- Shining Sunbeam Aglaeactis cupripennis
- White-tufted Sunbeam Aglaeactis castelnaudii (E)
- Purple-backed Sunbeam Aglaeactis aliciae (E)
- Andean Hillstar Oreotrochilus estella
- Green-headed Hillstar Oreotrochilus stolzmanni (E)
- Black-breasted Hillstar Oreotrochilus melanogaster (E)
- Mountain Velvetbreast Lafresnaya lafresnayi
- Bronzy Inca Coeligena coeligena
- Gould's Inca Coeligena inca
- Collared Inca Coeligena torquata
- Buff-winged Starfrontlet Coeligena lutetiae
- Violet-throated Starfrontlet Coeligena violifer
- Rainbow Starfrontlet Coeligena iris
- Sword-billed Hummingbird Ensifera ensifera
- Great Sapphirewing Pterophanes cyanopterus
- Giant Hummingbird Patagona gigas
- Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis
- Little Sunangel Heliangelus micraster
- Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola
- Royal Sunangel Heliangelus regalis (E)
- Glowing Puffleg Eriocnemis vestitus
- Sapphire-vented Puffleg Eriocnemis luciani
- Coppery-naped Puffleg Eriocnemis sapphiropygia (E)
- Emerald-bellied Puffleg Eriocnemis alinae
- Greenish Puffleg Haplophaedia aureliae
- Buff-thighed Puffleg Haplophaedia assimilis
- Purple-bibbed Whitetip Urosticte benjamini
- Rufous-vented Whitetip Urosticte ruficrissa
- Booted Racket-tail Ocreatus underwoodii
- Black-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia victoriae
- Green-tailed Trainbearer Lesbia nuna
- Red-tailed Comet Sappho sparganura
- Bronze-tailed Comet Polyonymus caroli (E)
- Purple-backed Thornbill Ramphomicron microrhynchum
- Bearded Mountaineer Oreonympha nobilis (E)
- Tyrian Metaltail Metallura tyrianthina
- Scaled Metaltail Metallura aeneocauda
- Fire-throated Metaltail Metallura eupogon (E)
- Coppery Metaltail Metallura theresiae (E)
- Neblina Metaltail Metallura odomae
- Black Metaltail Metallura phoebe (E)
- Rufous-capped Thornbill Chalcostigma ruficeps
- Olivaceous Thornbill Chalcostigma olivaceum
- Blue-mantled Thornbill Chalcostigma stanleyi
- Rainbow-bearded Thornbill Chalcostigma herrani
- Mountain Avocetbill Opisthoprora euryptera
- Gray-bellied Comet Taphrolesbia griseiventris (E)
- Long-tailed Sylph Aglaiocercus kingi
- Wedge-billed Hummingbird Augastes geoffroyi
- Black-eared Fairy Heliothryx aurita
- Marvelous Spatuletail Loddigesia mirabilis (E)
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Blue-tufted Starthroat Heliomaster furcifer
- Oasis Hummingbird Rhodopis vesper
- Peruvian Sheartail Thaumastura cora (E)
- Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox amethystina
- Purple-collared Woodstar Myrtis fanny
- Chilean Woodstar Eulidia yarrellii
- Short-tailed Woodstar Myrmia micrura
- White-bellied Woodstar Chaetocercus mulsant
- Little Woodstar Chaetocercus bombus
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