List of hummingbird species


The International Ornithological Congress recognizes these 360 hummingbird species in family Trochilidae, and distributes them among 112 genera. Two extinct species known only from 19th century specimens, Brace's emerald and Gould's emerald, are included. This list is presented in IOC taxonomic sequence and is also sortable alphabetically by common name and binomial name.
Orthorhyncus cristatus
Anthracothorax nigricollis
Chlorestes notata
Cyanophaia bicolor
Ocreatus addae
Cynanthus latirostris
Colibri delphinae
Boissonneaua flavescens
Boissonneaua matthewsii
Amazilia tobaci
Calypte costae
Anthracothorax mango
Eulampis jugularis
Trochilus polytmus
Chrysolampis mosquitus
Glaucis hirsutus
Mellisuga minima
Florisuga mellivora
Common nameBinomial nameIOC sequence
Crimson topazTopaza pella1
Fiery topazTopaza pyra2
White-necked jacobinFlorisuga mellivora3
Black jacobinFlorisuga fusca4
White-tipped sicklebillEutoxeres aquila5
Buff-tailed sicklebillEutoxeres condamini6
Saw-billed hermitRamphodon naevius7
Hook-billed hermitGlaucis dohrnii8
Bronzy hermitGlaucis aeneus9
Rufous-breasted hermitGlaucis hirsutus10
Band-tailed barbthroatThrenetes ruckeri11
Pale-tailed barbthroatThrenetes leucurus12
Sooty barbthroatThrenetes niger13
Broad-tipped hermitAnopetia gounellei14
Dusky-throated hermitPhaethornis squalidus15
Streak-throated hermitPhaethornis rupurumii16
Little hermitPhaethornis longuemareus17
Tapajos hermitPhaethornis aethopygus18
Minute hermitPhaethornis idaliae19
Cinnamon-throated hermitPhaethornis nattereri20
Black-throated hermitPhaethornis atrimentalis21
Stripe-throated hermitPhaethornis striigularis22
Grey-chinned hermitPhaethornis griseogularis23
Reddish hermitPhaethornis ruber24
White-browed hermitPhaethornis stuarti25
Buff-bellied hermitPhaethornis subochraceus26
Sooty-capped hermitPhaethornis augusti27
Planalto hermitPhaethornis pretrei28
Scale-throated hermitPhaethornis eurynome29
Pale-bellied hermitPhaethornis anthophilus30
White-bearded hermitPhaethornis hispidus31
White-whiskered hermitPhaethornis yaruqui32
Green hermitPhaethornis guy33
Tawny-bellied hermitPhaethornis syrmatophorus34
Koepcke's hermitPhaethornis koepckeae35
Needle-billed hermitPhaethornis philippii36
Straight-billed hermitPhaethornis bourcieri37
Mexican hermitPhaethornis mexicanus38
Long-billed hermitPhaethornis longirostris39
Long-tailed hermitPhaethornis superciliosus40
Great-billed hermitPhaethornis malaris41
Green-fronted lancebillDoryfera ludovicae42
Blue-fronted lancebillDoryfera johannae43
White-throated daggerbillSchistes albogularis44
Geoffroy's daggerbillSchistes geoffroyi45
Hyacinth visorbearerAugastes scutatus46
Hooded visorbearerAugastes lumachella47
Brown violetearColibri delphinae48
Mexican violetearColibri thalassinus49
Lesser violetearColibri cyanotus50
Sparkling violetearColibri coruscans51
White-vented violetearColibri serrirostris52
Tooth-billed hummingbirdAndrodon aequatorialis53
Horned sungemHeliactin bilophus54
Purple-crowned fairyHeliothryx barroti55
Black-eared fairyHeliothryx auritus56
White-tailed goldenthroatPolytmus guainumbi57
Tepui goldenthroatPolytmus milleri58
Green-tailed goldenthroatPolytmus theresiae59
Fiery-tailed awlbillAvocettula recurvirostris60
Ruby-topaz hummingbirdChrysolampis mosquitus61
Green-throated mangoAnthracothorax viridigula62
Green-breasted mangoAnthracothorax prevostii63
Black-throated mangoAnthracothorax nigricollis64
Veraguan mangoAnthracothorax veraguensis65
Antillean mangoAnthracothorax dominicus66
Green mangoAnthracothorax viridis67
Jamaican mangoAnthracothorax mango68
Purple-throated caribEulampis jugularis69
Green-throated caribEulampis holosericeus70
Orange-throated sunangelHeliangelus mavors71
Amethyst-throated sunangelHeliangelus amethysticollis72
Longuemare's sunangelHeliangelus clarisse73
Merida sunangelHeliangelus spencei74
Gorgeted sunangelHeliangelus strophianus75
Tourmaline sunangelHeliangelus exortis76
Flame-throated sunangelHeliangelus micraster77
Purple-throated sunangelHeliangelus viola78
Royal sunangelHeliangelus regalis79
Green-backed firecrownSephanoides sephaniodes80
Juan Fernandez firecrownSephanoides fernandensis81
Green thorntailDiscosura conversii82
Wire-crested thorntailDiscosura popelairii83
Black-bellied thorntailDiscosura langsdorffi84
Letitia's thorntailDiscosura letitiae85
Racket-tailed coquetteDiscosura longicaudus86
Tufted coquetteLophornis ornatus87
Dot-eared coquetteLophornis gouldii88
Frilled coquetteLophornis magnificus89
Short-crested coquetteLophornis brachylophus90
Rufous-crested coquetteLophornis delattrei91
Spangled coquetteLophornis stictolophus92
Festive coquetteLophornis chalybeus93
Butterfly coquetteLophornis verreauxii94
Peacock coquetteLophornis pavoninus95
Black-crested coquetteLophornis helenae96
White-crested coquetteLophornis adorabilis97
Ecuadorian piedtailPhlogophilus hemileucurus98
Peruvian piedtailPhlogophilus harterti99
Speckled hummingbirdAdelomyia melanogenys100
Long-tailed sylphAglaiocercus kingii101
Violet-tailed sylphAglaiocercus coelestis102
Venezuelan sylphAglaiocercus berlepschi103
Red-tailed cometSappho sparganurus104
Bronze-tailed cometPolyonymus caroli105
Grey-bellied cometTaphrolesbia griseiventris106
Andean hillstarOreotrochilus estella107
White-sided hillstarOreotrochilus leucopleurus108
Ecuadorian hillstarOreotrochilus chimborazo109
Blue-throated hillstarOreotrochilus cyanolaemus110
Green-headed hillstarOreotrochilus stolzmanni111
Black-breasted hillstarOreotrochilus melanogaster112
Wedge-tailed hillstarOreotrochilus adela113
Mountain avocetbillOpisthoprora euryptera114
Black-tailed trainbearerLesbia victoriae115
Green-tailed trainbearerLesbia nuna116
Black-backed thornbillRamphomicron dorsale117
Purple-backed thornbillRamphomicron microrhynchum118
Rufous-capped thornbillChalcostigma ruficeps119
Olivaceous thornbillChalcostigma olivaceum120
Blue-mantled thornbillChalcostigma stanleyi121
Bronze-tailed thornbillChalcostigma heteropogon122
Rainbow-bearded thornbillChalcostigma herrani123
Buffy helmetcrestOxypogon stuebelii124
Blue-bearded helmetcrestOxypogon cyanolaemus125
White-bearded helmetcrestOxypogon lindenii126
Green-bearded helmetcrestOxypogon guerinii127
Bearded mountaineerOreonympha nobilis128
Tyrian metaltailMetallura tyrianthina129
Perija metaltailMetallura iracunda130
Viridian metaltailMetallura williami131
Violet-throated metaltailMetallura baroni132
Neblina metaltailMetallura odomae133
Coppery metaltailMetallura theresiae134
Fiery-throated metaltailMetallura eupogon135
Scaled metaltailMetallura aeneocauda136
Black metaltailMetallura phoebe137
Greenish pufflegHaplophaedia aureliae138
Buff-thighed pufflegHaplophaedia assimilis139
Hoary pufflegHaplophaedia lugens140
Black-breasted pufflegEriocnemis nigrivestis141
Gorgeted pufflegEriocnemis isabellae142
Glowing pufflegEriocnemis vestita143
Black-thighed pufflegEriocnemis derbyi144
Turquoise-throated pufflegEriocnemis godini145
Coppery-bellied pufflegEriocnemis cupreoventris146
Sapphire-vented pufflegEriocnemis luciani147
Golden-breasted pufflegEriocnemis mosquera148
Blue-capped pufflegEriocnemis glaucopoides149
Colorful pufflegEriocnemis mirabilis150
Emerald-bellied pufflegEriocnemis aline151
Marvelous spatuletailLoddigesia mirabilis152
Shining sunbeamAglaeactis cupripennis153
White-tufted sunbeamAglaeactis castelnaudii154
Purple-backed sunbeamAglaeactis aliciae155
Black-hooded sunbeamAglaeactis pamela156
Bronzy incaCoeligena coeligena157
Brown incaCoeligena wilsoni158
Black incaCoeligena prunellei159
Collared incaCoeligena torquata160
Violet-throated starfrontletCoeligena violifer161
Rainbow starfrontletCoeligena iris162
White-tailed starfrontletCoeligena phalerata163
Dusky starfrontletCoeligena orina164
Buff-winged starfrontletCoeligena lutetiae165
Golden-bellied starfrontletCoeligena bonapartei166
Blue-throated starfrontletCoeligena helianthea167
Mountain velvetbreastLafresnaya lafresnayi168
Sword-billed hummingbirdEnsifera ensifera169
Great sapphirewingPterophanes cyanopterus170
Buff-tailed coronetBoissonneaua flavescens171
Chestnut-breasted coronetBoissonneaua matthewsii172
Velvet-purple coronetBoissonneaua jardini173
White-booted racket-tailOcreatus underwoodii174
Peruvian racket-tailOcreatus peruanus175
Rufous-booted racket-tailOcreatus addae176
Rufous-gaped hillstarUrochroa bougueri177
Green-backed hillstarUrochroa leucura178
Purple-bibbed whitetipUrosticte benjamini179
Rufous-vented whitetipUrosticte ruficrissa180
Velvet-browed brilliantHeliodoxa xanthogonys181
Pink-throated brilliantHeliodoxa gularis182
Rufous-webbed brilliantHeliodoxa branickii183
Black-throated brilliantHeliodoxa schreibersii184
Gould's jewelfrontHeliodoxa aurescens185
Fawn-breasted brilliantHeliodoxa rubinoides186
Green-crowned brilliantHeliodoxa jacula187
Empress brilliantHeliodoxa imperatrix188
Violet-fronted brilliantHeliodoxa leadbeateri189
Brazilian rubyClytolaema rubricauda190
Giant hummingbirdPatagona gigas191
Violet-chested hummingbirdSternoclyta cyanopectus192
Scissor-tailed hummingbirdHylonympha macrocerca193
Rivoli's hummingbirdEugenes fulgens194
Talamanca hummingbirdEugenes spectabilis195
Fiery-throated hummingbirdPanterpe insignis196
Long-billed starthroatHeliomaster longirostris197
Plain-capped starthroatHeliomaster constantii198
Stripe-breasted starthroatHeliomaster squamosus199
Blue-tufted starthroatHeliomaster furcifer200
White-bellied mountaingemLampornis hemileucus201
Blue-throated mountaingemLampornis clemenciae202
Amethyst-throated mountaingemLampornis amethystinus203
Green-throated mountaingemLampornis viridipallens204
Green-breasted mountaingemLampornis sybillae205
Purple-throated mountaingemLampornis calolaemus206
Grey-tailed mountaingemLampornis cinereicauda207
White-throated mountaingemLampornis castaneoventris208
Garnet-throated hummingbirdLamprolaima rhami209
Magenta-throated woodstarCalliphlox bryantae210
Purple-throated woodstarCalliphlox mitchellii211
Amethyst woodstarCalliphlox amethystina212
Purple-collared woodstarMyrtis fanny213
Oasis hummingbirdRhodopis vesper214
Short-tailed woodstarMyrmia micrura215
Peruvian sheartailThaumastura cora216
Chilean woodstarEulidia yarrellii217
Slender-tailed woodstarMicrostilbon burmeisteri218
White-bellied woodstarChaetocercus mulsant219
Little woodstarChaetocercus bombus220
Gorgeted woodstarChaetocercus heliodor221
Santa Marta woodstarChaetocercus astreans222
Esmeraldas woodstarChaetocercus berlepschi223
Rufous-shafted woodstarChaetocercus jourdanii224
Sparkling-tailed woodstarTilmatura dupontii225
Slender sheartailDoricha enicura226
Mexican sheartailDoricha eliza227
Lucifer sheartailCalothorax lucifer228
Beautiful sheartailCalothorax pulcher229
Black-chinned hummingbirdArchilochus alexandri230
Ruby-throated hummingbirdArchilochus colubris231
Vervain hummingbirdMellisuga minima232
Bee hummingbirdMellisuga helenae233
Bahama woodstarNesophlox evelynae234
Inagua woodstarNesophlox lyrura235
Anna's hummingbirdCalypte anna236
Costa's hummingbirdCalypte costae237
Calliope hummingbirdSelasphorus calliope238
Rufous hummingbirdSelasphorus rufus239
Allen's hummingbirdSelasphorus sasin240
Broad-tailed hummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus241
Bumblebee hummingbirdSelasphorus heloisa242
Wine-throated hummingbirdSelasphorus ellioti243
Volcano hummingbirdSelasphorus flammula244
Scintillant hummingbirdSelasphorus scintilla245
Glow-throated hummingbirdSelasphorus ardens246
Dusky hummingbirdPhaeoptila sordida247
Cuban emeraldRiccordia ricordii248
Brace's emeraldRiccordia bracei249
Hispaniolan emeraldRiccordia swainsonii250
Puerto Rican emeraldRiccordia maugaeus251
Blue-headed hummingbirdRiccordia bicolor252
Gould's emeraldRiccordia elegans253
Broad-billed hummingbirdCynanthus latirostris254
Doubleday's hummingbirdCynanthus doubledayi255
Golden-crowned emeraldCynanthus auriceps256
Cozumel emeraldCynanthus forficatus257
Canivet's emeraldCynanthus canivetii258
Garden emeraldChlorostilbon assimilis259
Western emeraldChlorostilbon melanorhynchus260
Red-billed emeraldChlorostilbon gibsoni261
Blue-tailed emeraldChlorostilbon mellisugus262
Chiribiquete emeraldChlorostilbon olivaresi263
Glittering-bellied emeraldChlorostilbon lucidus264
Coppery emeraldChlorostilbon russatus265
Narrow-tailed emeraldChlorostilbon stenurus266
Green-tailed emeraldChlorostilbon alice267
Short-tailed emeraldChlorostilbon poortmani268
White-eared hummingbirdBasilinna leucotis269
Xantus's hummingbirdBasilinna xantusii270
Curve-winged sabrewingPampa curvipennis271
Wedge-tailed sabrewingPampa pampa272
Long-tailed sabrewingPampa excellens273
Rufous sabrewingPampa rufa274
Emerald-chinned hummingbirdAbeillia abeillei275
Violet-headed hummingbirdKlais guimeti276
Antillean crested hummingbirdOrthorhyncus cristatus277
Santa Marta blossomcrownAnthocephala floriceps278
Tolima blossomcrownAnthocephala berlepschi279
Green-crowned plovercrestStephanoxis lalandi280
Purple-crowned plovercrestStephanoxis loddigesii281
Grey-breasted sabrewingCampylopterus largipennis282
Outcrop sabrewingCampylopterus calcirupicola283
Rufous-breasted sabrewingCampylopterus hyperythrus284
White-tailed sabrewingCampylopterus ensipennis285
Lazuline sabrewingCampylopterus falcatus286
Santa Marta sabrewingCampylopterus phainopeplus287
Violet sabrewingCampylopterus hemileucurus288
Buff-breasted sabrewingCampylopterus duidae289
Napo sabrewingCampylopterus villaviscensio290
Bronze-tailed plumeleteerChalybura urochrysia291
White-vented plumeleteerChalybura buffonii292
Crowned woodnymphThalurania colombica293
Fork-tailed woodnymphThalurania furcata294
Long-tailed woodnymphThalurania watertonii295
Violet-capped woodnymphThalurania glaucopis296
SnowcapMicrochera albocoronata297
Coppery-headed emeraldMicrochera cupreiceps298
White-tailed emeraldMicrochera chionura299
Violet-capped hummingbirdGoldmania violiceps300
Pirre hummingbirdGoldmania bella301
Mexican woodnymphEupherusa ridgwayi302
White-tailed hummingbirdEupherusa poliocerca303
Oaxaca hummingbirdEupherusa cyanophrys304
Stripe-tailed hummingbirdEupherusa eximia305
Black-bellied hummingbirdEupherusa nigriventris306
Scaly-breasted hummingbirdPhaeochroa cuvierii307
Buffy hummingbirdLeucippus fallax308
Tumbes hummingbirdThaumasius baeri309
Spot-throated hummingbirdThaumasius taczanowskii310
Many-spotted hummingbirdTaphrospilus hypostictus311
Swallow-tailed hummingbirdEupetomena macroura312
Sombre hummingbirdEupetomena cirrochloris313
Olive-spotted hummingbirdTalaphorus chlorocercus314
Red-billed streamertailTrochilus polytmus315
Black-billed streamertailTrochilus scitulus316
Violet-crowned hummingbirdLeucolia violiceps317
Green-fronted hummingbirdLeucolia viridifrons318
Cinnamon-sided hummingbirdLeucolia wagneri319
Azure-crowned hummingbirdSaucerottia cyanocephala320
Blue-vented hummingbirdSaucerottia hoffmanni321
Berylline hummingbirdSaucerottia beryllina322
Blue-tailed hummingbirdSaucerottia cyanura323
Snowy-bellied hummingbirdSaucerottia edward324
Steely-vented hummingbirdSaucerottia saucerottei325
Indigo-capped hummingbirdSaucerottia cyanifrons326
Chestnut-bellied hummingbirdSaucerottia castaneiventris327
Green-bellied hummingbirdSaucerottia viridigaster328
Copper-rumped hummingbirdSaucerottia tobaci329
Cinnamon hummingbirdAmazilia rutila330
Buff-bellied hummingbirdAmazilia yucatanensis331
Rufous-tailed hummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl332
Honduran emeraldAmazilia luciae333
Mangrove hummingbirdAmazilia boucardi334
Amazilia hummingbirdAmazilis amazilia335
Andean emeraldUranomitra franciae336
Shining-green hummingbirdChrysuronia goudoti337
Golden-tailed sapphireChrysuronia oenone338
Versicolored emeraldChrysuronia versicolor339
Sapphire-throated hummingbirdChrysuronia coeruleogularis340
Sapphire-bellied hummingbirdChrysuronia lilliae341
Humboldt's sapphireChrysuronia humboldtii342
Blue-headed sapphireChrysuronia grayi343
White-chested emeraldChrysuronia brevirostris344
Plain-bellied emeraldChrysuronia leucogaster345
White-throated hummingbirdLeucochloris albicollis346
Glittering-throated emeraldChionomesa fimbriata347
Sapphire-spangled emeraldChionomesa lactea348
Rufous-throated sapphireHylocharis sapphirina349
Gilded sapphireHylocharis chrysura350
White-bellied hummingbirdElliotomyia chionogaster351
Green-and-white hummingbirdElliotomyia viridicauda352
Blue-chested hummingbirdPolyerata amabilis353
Charming hummingbirdPolyerata decora354
Purple-chested hummingbirdPolyerata rosenbergi355
White-bellied emeraldChlorestes candida356
Blue-throated sapphireChlorestes eliciae357
White-chinned sapphireChlorestes cyanus358
Violet-bellied hummingbirdChlorestes julie359
Blue-chinned sapphireChlorestes notata360