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The buff-tailed sicklebill is a Eutoxeres hermit of the lower Andes and west Amazonia, notable for its deeply curved bill and buff outer tail.
The stripe-throated hermit is a small Phaethornis hummingbird from Central America to northwestern South America, notable for faint dark throat streaks.
The reddish hermit is a small Phaethornis hummingbird found across Amazonia and the Guianas, notable for multiple subspecies with rufous underparts.
The band-tailed barbthroat is a Threnetes hummingbird from Guatemala to Ecuador and Venezuela, notable for the black band near the end of its tail.
The black-throated hermit is a Phaethornis hummingbird of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru, notable for a dark throat and two recognized subspecies.
The Tapajos hermit is a Vulnerable Phaethornis hummingbird endemic to Brazil, notable for being described by Zimmer in 1950 from Amazonian populations.
The minute hermit is a tiny Brazilian endemic Phaethornis hummingbird, notable as one of the world's smallest birds and an Atlantic Forest species.
The rufous-breasted hermit is a Glaucis hummingbird from Panama to Bolivia and the southern Caribbean, notable for matching curved flowers with its bill.
The little hermit is a tiny Phaethornis hummingbird of the Guianas, Venezuela, and Trinidad, notable for males displaying together at leks.
The streak-throated hermit is a Phaethornis hummingbird of Brazil, Colombia, Guyana, and Venezuela, notable for formerly being grouped with the dusky-throated hermit.
The broad-tipped hermit is a Brazilian endemic in the monotypic genus Anopetia, notable for a broad upper bill and caatinga-cerrado habitat.
The cinnamon-throated hermit is a Phaethornis hummingbird of Bolivia and Brazil, notable for unsettled taxonomy involving the Maranhao hermit.
The pale-tailed barbthroat is an Amazon Basin Threnetes hummingbird, notable for four recognized subspecies from the Andes to Atlantic Brazil.
The sooty barbthroat is a Threnetes hummingbird of French Guiana and northern Brazil, notable for its small range and dark throat and belly.
The dusky-throated hermit is a Brazilian endemic Phaethornis hummingbird, notable for Atlantic Forest habitat from Espirito Santo to Santa Catarina.
