Best Ornate Tail
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The Booted Racket-tail, *Ocreatus underwoodii*, is a vibrant hummingbird species found in the Andes Mountains of South America. Its striking appearance includes iridescent plumage and exceptionally long, racket-shaped tail feathers—a feature unique among hummingbirds. Primarily observed in Ecuador a...
The Racket-tailed Coquette (Discosura longicaudus) is a small South American hummingbird in which the male bears elongated outer tail feathers tipped with spatula-shaped rackets.
The Slender Sheartail (Doricha enicura) is a hummingbird native to Guatemala and southern Mexico, recognized by the male's exceptionally long, deeply forked tail.
Peruvian Sheartail (Thaumastura cora) is a hummingbird endemic to coastal Peru and extreme northern Chile, notable for the male's exceptionally long, wire-like outer tail feathers.
The Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird (Tilmatura dupontii) inhabits highland forests from Mexico to Nicaragua, distinguished by the male's iridescent, deeply forked tail.
The Mexican Sheartail (Doricha eliza) is a small hummingbird endemic to Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula, where males bear a distinctive elongated, deeply forked tail.
The Beautiful Hummingbird (Calothorax pulcher) is a small species endemic to the arid highlands of Oaxaca and Guerrero states in southern Mexico.
