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The Honduran Emerald (Amazilia luciae) is a hummingbird endemic to Honduras, where it is restricted to dry thorn forest habitats in interior valleys including the Aguán Valley. The male features a turquoise-blue throat and breast with bronzy-green upperparts, while the female is generally duller. Th...
The Purple-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia rosenbergi) is a hummingbird of the Pacific slope of western Colombia and Ecuador. The male is identified by its distinctive iridescent purple breast patch set against green upperparts, while females are generally duller in coloration. It inhabits humid lowla...
The Indigo-capped Hummingbird (Amazilia cyanifrons) is a hummingbird endemic to northern and central Colombia, where it occurs in the Andes and associated valleys. The male is identified by its brilliant blue crown and forehead coloration, with green upperparts and mostly white underparts. It inhabi...
The violet-crowned hummingbird, Ramosomyia violiceps, is a hummingbird native chiefly to Mexico, with a range extending into parts of the southwestern United States. It is recognizable by its violet-blue crown, red bill with a dark tip, bronze-green upperparts, and largely white underparts. The spec...
The sapphire-spangled emerald is a hummingbird of eastern and central South America, occurring in several regions east of the Andes. It uses forest edges, open woodland, scrub, gardens, and other flowering habitats, feeding on nectar and small arthropods. Its name refers to blue or violet markings t...
The mangrove hummingbird, Amazilia boucardi, is a hummingbird endemic to Costa Rica's Pacific coast. It is closely associated with mangrove forests and frequently takes nectar from the tea mangrove, Pelliciera rhizophorae, while also consuming small arthropods. Its restricted coastal distribution an...
The Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis) inhabits lowland forests from Nicaragua through Panama to western Colombia, named for the male's vivid blue chest patch.
The Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia edward) is native to Panama and adjacent Costa Rica, distinguished by bright white underparts contrasting with green upperparts.
The Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis) is the only hummingbird that regularly breeds in Texas, primarily along the Gulf Coast and Rio Grande Valley.
The Green-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia viridigaster) is native to Colombia and Venezuela, recognized by its distinctive green-spangled underparts and rufous tail.
The Blue-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia cyanura) is found in Central American countries including El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.
The Charming Hummingbird (Amazilia decora) is a small hummingbird restricted to southwestern Costa Rica and western Panama, inhabiting forest edges and gardens.
The Cinnamon Hummingbird (Amazilia rutila) inhabits lowland forests and scrub along the Pacific slope from Mexico to Costa Rica, recognized by its uniform rufous underparts.
The Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) is native to Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, inhabiting humid forests and gardens along the western Andean slopes.
The Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia castaneiventris) is a vulnerable species endemic to Colombia's Magdalena Valley, threatened by severe habitat loss in its restricted range.
The Copper-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia cupreicauda) is endemic to Venezuela's Orinoco region, distinguished from related species by its distinctly coppery tail.
The Berylline Hummingbird (Saucerottia beryllina) is primarily a Mexican highland species that occasionally breeds in the mountains of southeastern Arizona, representing a range extension into the United States.
The Versicolored Emerald (Amazilia versicolor) is a small South American hummingbird with notably variable plumage across its range, found from Venezuela south to Argentina.
The Steely-vented Hummingbird (Amazilia saucerrottei) occurs in Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Colombia, and Venezuela, notable for its steel-blue lower belly and green upperparts.
The Glittering-throated Emerald (Amazilia fimbriata) is a widespread South American hummingbird found from Colombia to Brazil and Bolivia, known for its sparkling green throat.
The White-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia chionogaster) inhabits Andean slopes in Peru, Bolivia, and northwestern Argentina, favoring forest edges and montane scrub.
The Copper-rumped Hummingbird (Amazilia tobaci) is common in Trinidad and Tobago and coastal Venezuela, making it one of the most frequently seen hummingbirds in Trinidad.
The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) is one of the most abundant hummingbirds in Central America, ranging from Mexico to Ecuador and western Venezuela.
