With some photos courtesy of our  tour participants and others.
Our thanks to those who have contributed!

Photos follow in this feature of:
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Saw-billed Hermit,
White-tipped Sicklebill, White-whiskered Hermit,
Tawny-bellied Hermit, Planalto Hermit, Stripe-throated Hermit,
Violet Sabrewing, Black Jacobin, White-necked Jacobin,
Green Violetear, Sparkling Violetear, White-vented Violetear,
Green-breasted Mango, Black-throated Mango, Crimson Topaz,
Purple-throated Carib, Green-throated Carib,
Antillean Crested Hummingbird, Black-breasted Plovercrest, 
Red-billed Streamertail, Cozumel Emerald, Glittering-bellied Emerald,
Fiery-throated Hummingbird, Coppery-headed Emerald,
Broad-billed Hummingbird, Gilded Sapphire, 
White-throated Hummingbird, Cinnamon Hummingbird,
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Violet-crowned Hummingbird,
Blue-throated Mountaingem, Gray-tailed Mountaingem,
White-eared Hummingbird, Speckled Hummingbird, 
Green-crowned Brilliant, Magnificent Hummingbird,
Shining Sunbeam, Collared Inca, Rainbow Starfrontlet,
Sword-billed Hummingbird, Gorgeted Sunangel, 
Sapphire-vented Puffleg, Black-tailed Trainbearer,
Blue-mantled Thornbill, Hyacinth Visorbearer, Hooded Visorbearer,
Stripe-breasted Starthroat, Blue-tufted Starthroat,
Oasis Hummingbird, Mexican Sheartail, Ruby-throated Hummingbird,
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Anna's Hummingbird,
Costa's Hummingbird, White-bellied Woodstar, Little Woodstar,
Broad-tailed Hummingbird, Rufous Hummingbird, Allen's Hummingbird,
Volcano Hummingbird, Scintillant Hummingbird, Calliope Hummingbird 

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A Listing of Hummingbirds

compiled by Armas Hill

Codes:

Places where Hummingbirds 
have been seen during FONT Tours:

AK:   Alaska, US
AR:   Argentina, South America
AZ:   Arizona, US
BR:   Brazil, South America
BZ:   Belize, Central America
CA:   California, US
CH:   Chile, South America
CO:   Colorado, US
CR:   Costa Rica, Central America
DE:   Delaware, US
DM:   Dominica, West Indies
DR:   Dominican Republic, West Indies
EC:   Ecuador, South America
FL:   Florida, US
GU:  Guatemala, Central America
HN:   Honduras, Central America
JM:   Jamaica, West Indies
MX:   Mexico
NC:   North Carolina, US
NM:  New Mexico, US 
PN:   Panama, Central America
PR:   Puerto Rico, West Indies
SL:   Saint Lucia, West Indies
SV:   Saint Vincent, West Indies
TX:   Texas, US
VE:   Venezuela, South America

Status of Hummingbirds, as designated by Birdlife International

(t): a globally threatened, or rare, species
     (t1): critical
     (t2): endangered
     (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally
(nt-dd): possibly a near-threatened species, but data deficient  

1. Swallow-tailed Hummingbird _____ BR
   Eupetomena macroura  (the single member of its genus)
   (photo below)
   
   
   
   
2. Saw-billed Hermit (nt) ______ BR
   Ramphodon naevius  (the single member of its genus)
   (photos below; the lower photo taken during by Marie Gardner 
   during the March 2008 FONT Brazil Tour )
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
3. White-tipped Sicklebill ______ CR, EC
   Eutoxeres aquila
   (photo below)
   
   
   
   
4. White-whiskered Hermit  _____  EC
   Phaethornis yarugui
   (photo below, courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)
   
   
   
   
5. Tawny-bellied Hermit  ______  EC
   Phaethornis syrmatophorus
   (photo below, courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)
   
   
   
   
   
6. Planalto Hermit ______  BR
   Phaethornis pretrei
   (photo below, taken by Marie Gardner during a FONT tour in Brazil)
   
   
     
   
   
7. Stripe-throated Hermit at its nest  (formerly part of the Little Hermit)  ______  CR, EC, GU. HN, PN, VE
   Phaethornis striigularis
   (photo below, taken by Alan Brady during a Costa Rica tour)
   
   
   
   
   
8. Violet Sabrewing _____  CR, GU, HN, PN
   Campylopterus hemileucurus
   (photo below, courtesy of Doris Potter)
   
   
   
   
   
9. Black Jacobin _____ BR  (this hummingbird seen during FONT tours in southeastern Brazil)
   Florisuga fusca
   (illustration below)
   
   
   
   
   
10. White-necked Jacobin _____  BR, BZ, CR, EC, HN, VE
    Florisuga mellivora
    (photos below; the lower photo taken by Marie Gardner 
    during a FONT Costa Rica tour)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
11. Green Violetear  ______ CR, EC, GU, MX, PN, VE
    Colibri thalassinus
    (photo below. taken by Rosemary Lloyd 
    during a FONT tour in Costa Rica)
    
    
    
    
12. Sparkling Violetear ______ CH, EC
    Colibri coryscans
    (photo below)
    
    
    
    
13. White-vented Violetear  ______ BR
    Colibri serrirostris
    (photo below, taken by Marie Gardner 
    during a FONT tour in Brazil in March 2008)
    
    
    
    
14. Green-breasted Mango ______ BZ, CR, GU, HN, MX
    Anthracothorax prevostii
    (photo below, taken by Marie Gardner
     during the March 2009 FONT Mexico Tour on Cozumel Island)
    
    
    
    
    
15. Black-throated Mango  ______ BR, EC, PN, VE
    Anthracothorax nigricollis 
    (photo below)
    
    
    
16. Crimson Topaz ______  BR  (this hummingbird seen during FONT tours in Amazonian Brazil north of Manaus)
    Topaza pella
    (in illustration below)
    
    
     
    
    
17. Purple-throated Carib ______ DM, SL
    Eulampis jugularis
    (photo below, taken during a FONT tour in Dominica) 
    
    
    
    
18. Green-throated Carib ______ PR, SL
    Eulampis holosericeus
    (photo below, taken by Marie Gardner during a FONT tour 
    in December 2007 in Saint Lucia)
    
    
    
    
19. Antillean Crested Hummingbird  ______ PR. SL
    Orthorhyncus cristatus  (the single member of its genus)
    (photo below, of a female, taken by Marie Gardner 
    during a FONT tour in December 2007 in Saint Lucia) 
    
    
    
    
20. Black-breasted Plovercrest  ______ BR
    Stephanoxis lalandi  (the single member of its genus)
    (photo below) 
    
    
    
    
21. Red-billed Sreamertail  ______ JM
    Trochilus scitulus
    (in Jamaica, where this bird is endemic, it's called the "Doctorbird")
    (photo below, taken during a FONT tour)
    
    
    
    
22. Cozumel Emerald ______ MX  (endemic to Cozumel Island)
    Chlorostilbon forficatus
    (photos below, taken by Marie Gardner 
     during the March 2009 FONT Mexico Tour on Cozumel Island)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
23. Glittering-bellied Emerald  ______ AR, BR
    Chlorostilbon aureoventris
    (photo below)
    
    
    
    
    
24. Fiery-throated Hummingbird _____ CR
    Panterpe insignis  (the single member of its genus)
    (photo below, by Ruben Campos) 
    
    
    
    
    
    
25. Coppery-headed Emerald ______ CR
    Elvira cupreiceps 
    (This is one of the few birds endemic to Costa Rica.)
    (photo below)
    
    
    
    
          
26. Broad-billed Hummingbird ______  AZ, MX  
    Cynanthus latirostris  
    (upper photo below taken during a FONT tour by Doris Potter;
     lower photo courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    North of Mexico, the Broad-billed Hummingbird normally ranges in southern Arizona. Otherwise, there have been fall and winter occurrences in southern California, and along the Gulf Coast. During 1 winter, 4 were banded in Louisiana. The species has also occurred as a rarity, from late-summer through the spring, in southern Nevada, New Mexico (except in the Peloncillo Mountains & the Guadalupe Canyon where it more regular), and Texas. And it has occurred as a vagrant in these US states and Canadian provinces: Illinois, Michigan, New Brunswick, Ontario, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Wisconsin.   
    
    
27. Gilded Sapphire ______ BR
    Hylocharis chrysura
    (photo below)
    
    
    
    
28. White-throated Hummingbird  ______ BR
    Leucochloris albicollis  (the single member of its genus)
    (photo below, taken by Dan Coleman during a FONT tour in Brazil)
    
    
    
    
29. Cinnamon Hummingbird ______ BZ, CR, GU, HN, MX
    Amazilia rutila
    (photo by Marie Gardner)
    
    
    
    
    The Cinnamon Hummingbird ranges in lowlands from Sinaloa and the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico south to Costa Rica. In the United States, it has occurred at Patagonia, Arizona July 21 to 23, 1992, and at Santa Teresa in New Mexico from September 18 to 21, 1993.     
    
    
30. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird ______ BZ, CR, EC, GU, HN, VE
    Amazilia tzacatl   
    (photo below) 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
31. Violet-crowned Hummingbird  ______  AZ
    Amazilia violiceps
    (photo below, at a nest in Arizona, taken during a FONT tour)
    
    
    
    
    
    The Violet-crowned Hummingbird is nearly a Mexican endemic, but its northern breeding range does extend into southeastern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. In southeast Arizona, breeding is in the areas of the Sonoita Creek and the Huachuca & Chiricahua Mountains. A few individuals spend the winter near feeders in southeast Arizona. But mostly the species moves into Arizona and New Mexico in June.
    It occurs as a vagrant in central Arizona (August, October), in California (July to December, and March & May), and in west Texas (March, July, December), southern Texas (May, October), and the upper Texas Gulf Coast (March).  
    
    
32. Blue-throated Mountaingem  (has been called Blue-throated Hummingbird)   ______  AZ, CR 
    Lampornis clemenciae 
    (photo below)  
    
    
    
    
    
    North of Mexico, the Blue-throated Mountain-gem, or Blue-throated Hummingbird, is primarily a "sky island" mountain species in western Texas, southern New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona. It has occurred as a a vagrant to central Arizona, central New Mexico, Colorado (July to August), and in parts of Texas (mostly in the fall): the Edwards Plateau, the Gulf Coast, the lower Rio Grande Valley, and the Panhandle. Vagrants have also been in: California (in the summer), Louisiana (during fall & spring), North Dakota (in June), South Carolina (in August), and in Utah (in August).   
    
    
33. Gray-tailed Mountaingem ______  CR
    Lampornis cinereicauda
    (photo below, courtesy of Ruben Campos) 
    
      
    
    
34. White-eared Hummingbird ______  AZ, GU, HN 
    Basilinna leucotis 
    (photo below, taken during a FONT tour)  
    
    
    
    
    North of Mexico and northern Central America, the White-eared Hummingbird occurs mostly in southeastern Arizona, in the Huachuca and Chiricahua Mountains. It has bred in southern Arizona. Generally it arrives in Arizona in mid-April to May, and departs August to October.
    It also occurs as rarity, from June to October, in southwestern & north-central New Mexico, and in western & central Texas, including in the Davis, Guadeloupe, and Chisos Mountains. Most records north & east of the breeding range are from late-June to August. There is evidence of some post-breeding movement. 
    A female that wintered in coastal Mississippi, from November 1995 to January 1996, was extraordinary.   
    
    
35. Speckled Hummingbird  ______ EC, VE
    Adelomyia melanogenys  (the single member of its genus)
    (photo below, courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)
    
    
    
    
36. Green-crowned Brilliant  ______  CR, EC
    Heliodoxa jacula
    (photos below: the upper photo in Costa Rica; the lower photo in Ecuador,
    courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)
    
    
    
    
    
    
37. Magnificent Hummingbird  ______ AZ, CR, GU 
    Eugenes fulgens  (the single member of its genus)  
    (Photos below; the upper photo courtesy of Larry O'Meallie; 
    the lower photo taken in Costa Rica)  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    North of Mexico and Central America, the Magnificent Hummingbird is primarily a "sky island" mountain species in western Texas, southern New Mexico, and southeastern Arizona. 
    Young males are often highly nomadic, Banded birds have traveled hundreds of miles between mountain ranges during a season. Such migration is through lower elevations, especially foothills, in the spring and fall.
    Away from the US breeding range, there have been occurrences in Colorado (from May to October), and less so in: Alabama (September to February), Arkansas (in July), California (in April), Georgia (in the winter), Minnesota (in July), Nevada (in June), Utah (in July), Wyoming (in June & July), and in southern Texas (in September). 
    
    
38. Shining Sunbeam  ______  EC  
    Agaleactis cupripennis 
    (photo below, courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)   
    
    
    
    
39. Collared Inca  ______  EC, VE 
    Coeligena torquata  
    (photo below, courtesy of Larry O'Meallie) 
    
    
    
    
40. Rainbow Starfrontlet  ______  EC  
    Coeligena iris  
    (photo below, courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)   
    
    
    
    
41. Sword-billed Hummingbird ______  EC, VE 
    Ensifera ensifera  (the single member of its genus) 
    (photo below, courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)     
    
    
     
    
42. Gorgeted Sunangel  ______  EC
    Heiangelus strophianus 
    (photo below, courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)
    
    
    
    
43. Sapphire-vented Puffleg  ______ EC
    Eriocnemis luciani
    (photo below, courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)
    
    
    
    
44. Black-tailed Trainbearer  ______  EC
    Lesbia victoriae
    (photo below, courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)
    
    
    
    
45. Blue-mantled Thornbill  ______  EC
    Chalcostigma stanleyi
    (photo below, courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)
    
    
    
    
    
46. Hyacinth Visorbearer (nt)  ______ BR
    Augastes scutatus
    (photo below, taken by Marie Gardner during a FONT tour in Brazil)
    
    
    
    
    
47. Hooded Visorbearer (nt)  ______ BR
    Augastes lumachella
    (photo below)
    
    
    
    
48. Stripe-breasted Starthroat ______ BR
    Heliomaster squamosus
    (illustration below)
    
    
    
    
49. Blue-tufted Starthroat  ______  AR, BR
    Heliomaster furcifer 
    (the photo below, of a female, taken by Andy Smith 
    during a FONT tour in Brazil) 
    
    
    
    
    
50. Oasis Hummingbird  ______ CH
    Rhodopis vesper  (the single member of its genus)
    (photos below taken during a FONT tour in northern Chile)
    
    
    
    
    
    
51. Mexican Sheartail ______ MX
    Doricha eliza
    (photos below taken by Marie Gardner 
     during the March 2009 FONT tour in the Yucatan of Mexico;
     the top photo of a male; the lower two photos of females)  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
52. Ruby-throated Hummingbird ______ CR, DE, FL, GU, HN, NC, TX
    Archilochus colubris
    (photos below; top photo, a male; middle photo, male & females
    lower photo of a female by Marie Gardner)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    Out-of-range occurrences of the Ruby-throated Hummingbird in the US have been in: Alaska (in June), California (in August, September), Colorado (in April, May, July), and New Mexico (in October). 
    
    
53. Black-chinned Hummingbird ______ AZ, CO, NM, TX 
    Archilochus alexandri  
    (Photos below; the top two photos courtesy of Howard Eskin) 
     
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    The Black-chinned Hummingbird normally occurs in the western US and in parts of central & western Mexico. East of that range, some individuals winter along the Gulf Coat of the US from Texas east to Georgia and Florida. Some winter in California. 
    Out-of-range occurrences have been in these US states and Canadian provinces:  Alberta (in July), Kentucky (in fall-winter) New Jersey (in the fall), North Carolina (in the fall & spring), Ontario (in May), South Carolina (in the fall & winter), South Dakota (in the fall), Tennessee (in fall-winter). 
    
    
54. Anna's Hummingbird ______  AZ, CA 
    Calypte anna 
    (photos below; the top 2 photos of males by Howard Eskin & Larry O'Meallie;
    the lower 2 photos of a female & another at its nest with two young, by Howard Eskin)   
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    The Anna's Hummingbird is a species of western North America, but vagrants can occur almost anywhere, most commonly in the fall & winter. 
    Out-of-range occurrences have been in these US states and Canadian provinces: Alabama (in November), interior Alaska (in September), Alberta (from June to October), Arkansas (in fall-winter), Colorado (from May to December), Florida (in fall-winter), Georgia (in fall-winter), Idaho (from September to May), Illinois (in fall-winter), Kansas (in fall-winter), Michigan (December to April), Minnesota (in fall-winter), Missouri (October to February), Mississippi (November to January), Montana (June to November), North Carolina (in fall-winter), New York (October to December), Oklahoma (in winter), Saskatchewan (from July to October),  South Carolina (in winter), Tennessee (in January), in northern & eastern Texas (from July to March), Utah (in the fall), Wisconsin (from August to January).
    
    The migration of the Anna's Hummingbird is not well understood. It does not appear to migrate in the "traditional sense". Year-round presence is some areas may well be due to breeding birds being replaced by migrants from other areas. 
    Large numbers of Anna's in the mountains of Arizona in the non-breeding season (July to October) have long been assumed to come from California, yet of the thousands of hummingbirds that have been banded in California and Arizona, ONLY ONE is has been shown to have traveled between the 2 states!     
    
    
55. Costa's Hummingbird  ______ AZ 
    Calypte costae 
    (photo below, above photo by Larry O'Meallie; lower photo by Howard Eskin)       
    
    
    
    
       
    
    
    The Costa's Hummingbird is a species of desert scrub normally in the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico. Part of the population that breeds in the resident range migrates south in the winter along the Pacific coast of Mexico. 
    Vagrants have occurred in these US states and Canadian provinces: Alaska (from July to October), Alberta (in August), British Columbia (from April to June), Colorado (in May), Kansas (in November), western Texas (from September to January & in April), in central & southern Texas (from January to March), western Washington State (from August to October).  
    
    
56. White-bellied Woodstar  ______ EC 
    Chaetocercus mulsani 
    (photos below, courtesy of Larry O'Meallie)  
    
    
    
    
    
    
57. Little Woodstar  ______  EC 
    Chaetocercus bombus 
    (photo below, courtesy of Myra Outwater) 
    
    
    
    A nest of the Little Woodstar (left photo); the bird (in right photo, indicated by an arrow) smaller than the leaves.
    During a FONT tour in western Ecuador in July 1997.
    The Little Woodstar, a species not commonly seen, is one of the smallest of all hummingbirds.
    
    
58. Broad-tailed Hummingbird  ______  AZ, CO, GU, NM, TX
    Selasphorus platycercus
    (photos below; upper photo of an adult male by Larry O'Meallie;
    middle photo of an immature male & lower photo of a female 
    by Doris Potter during the FONT tour in Arizona in Aug '08)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    The Broad-tailed Hummingbird is a species that summers, and breeds, mostly in the western United States, and winters mostly in Mexico. A small number winter along the Gulf Coast of the southeast US.
    Otherwise, out-of-range occurrences have been in these US states and one Canadian province: northern Arkansas (in November & December), British Columbia (in July), Delaware (in the winter), Florida (in January & February), Georgia (in the fall-winter), Illinois (in November), Indiana (in the winter), Kansas (from June to September), Michigan (from August to winter), Mississippi (in fall-winter), Nebraska (in August & September), New Jersey (in November), Oregon (from May to August), South Dakota (from June to September), in eastern & central Texas, and in Washington State (in August).    
    
    
59. Rufous Hummingbird ______ AK, AZ
    Selasphorus rufus 
    (photo below, courtesy of Howard Eskin) 
     
    
    
    
    
    The Rufous Hummingbird is a long-distance migrant, summering, and breeding, as far north as southern Alaska, and wintering mostly in Mexico. Some, however, winter in the US, especially in the Southeast notably along the Gulf Coast, mostly in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Texas. A few also winter in the US in coastal southern California.
    
    The species seems strongly prone to wandering during it southbound migration in the fall. It has occurred in ALL of the US states east of the Rocky Mountains, and in most of the Canadian provinces. And so it can appear almost "anywhere", and is usually discovered at feeders.
    In the southbound Rufous Hummingbird migration, adult males travel first, with adult females following about 1 to 2 weeks later. The migration of the immature birds is the latest and the most drawn-out, occurring up to a month after that of the adult female.
    
    The Rufous Hummingbird is the only hummingbird that occurs, on occasion, in the Old World. In the spring, migratory overshoots have reached as far into Russian Siberia as the Chukotski Peninsula.  
    
    
    
60. Allen's Hummingbird  ______  AZ
    Selasphorus sasin
    (photos below, of an adult female, by Howard Eskin)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    The Allen's Hummingbird, a close relative of the Rufous Hummingbird, has one of the most restricted breeding ranges of any North American hummingbird, being confined from the Pacific Coast of southern California north to southern Oregon. Although its habitat has been strongly altered by human activity, the bird has adapted well to urban and suburban environments.
    
    Outside its breeding range, the Allen's Hummingbird is rare, but regular, in southern Arizona, and has occurred more rarely in New Mexico, west Texas, Utah, and Nevada. Some winter rarely along the Gulf Coast of the US.
    Fall-winter occurrences in eastern US states have been in: Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
    
    In its limited breeding range, there are 2 subspecies. One, sedentarius, apparently originated on the offshore Channel Islands, and colonized, during the 20th Century, the nearby California mainland. It has recently spread, both north and south along the coast. Although this subspecies is essentially nonmigratory, an Allen's Hummingbird specimen from Louisiana was identified as sedentarius.    
    
    
61. Volcano Hummingbird  ______ CR
    Selasphorus flammula
    (photos below, taken during FONT tours in Costa Rica;
    upper photo by Bruce Christenson;
    lower photo by Alan Brady) 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
62. Scintillant Hummingbird ______  CR 
    Selasphorus scintilla 
    (photos below, taken by Marie Gardner 
    during a FONT tour in Costa Rica)   
    
    
    
    
    
    
63. Calliope Hummingbird  ______  AZ  
    Stellula calliope  (the single member of its genus) 
    (photos below; upper photo by Doris Potter)  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    The Calliope Hummingbird breeds in montane coniferous forests in parts of the western US and southwestern Canada. Most winter in southwestern Mexico. Some winter, however, along the Gulf Coast in the US, from Texas to northwestern Florida, mainly in Louisiana. More rarely, some winter in west Texas and in Arizona. 
    Otherwise, vagrants have occurred in these US states and one Canadian province: northern Alabama (in November), Arkansas (in November & December), central Florida (in March & April), northern Georgia (in the winter), Kansas (in July & August), Minnesota (in November & December), North Carolina (from October to March), Nebraska (from June to August), New Jersey (in November), Saskatchewan (in July & August), South Carolina (from December to April), South Dakota (in August), Tennessee (from November to April) and in western & central Texas.  

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