Phaethornis is a genus of hummingbirds in the hermit subfamily, Phaethornithinae. They occur from southern Mexico, through Central America, to South America as far south as northern Argentina.
The booted racket-tails are a small group of hummingbirds in the genus Ocreatus that was long considered to have only one species, O. underwoodii. They are native to cloud forest edges in the South American Andes and Maritime Andes. They are relatively small and primarily iridescent green with white or rufous-buff leg-puffs ("boots"). The leg-puffs are more conspicuous in males, which also have a pair of dark bluish racket-shaped extensions to the tail.
The purple-chested hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest. It is commonly hunted for the supposed medicinal properties of its beak by indigenous peoples in the area.
The visorbearers are hummingbirds in the bitypic genus Augastes in the family Trochilidae.
Boissonneaua is a small genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. They are found in humid Andean forests from western Venezuela to southern Peru. They have a straight black bill, contrasting outer rectrices, and a distinctive habit of quickly lifting both wings up shortly after landing, thereby revealing their rufous underwing coverts.
The plumeleteers are a genus Chalybura of Neotropical hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
Chlorestes is a genus of hummingbirds.
Cynanthus is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
The caribs are a genus, Eulampis, of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. The genus contains two species, both of which are endemic to the islands of the Caribbean. The genus name comes from the Ancient Greek word eulampēs meaning 'bright shining'.
Eupetomena is a genus in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. It contains two species which are both found in eastern South America.
Eupherusa is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. It contains the following five species:
Heliodoxa is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
The buffy hummingbird is a species of bird in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. It is the only species placed in the genus Leucippus. This bird lives in dry forest and scrubland in northern South America where it feeds on insects and the nectar, flesh, and juice of cactus fruits.
The metaltails are a group of hummingbirds in the genus Metallura. The species are distributed along the Andes.
The hillstars are hummingbirds of the genus Oreotrochilus. They are native to the Andes in South America.
Ramphomicron is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.
The barbthroats are a genus Threnetes of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.
Saucerottia is a genus of birds in the family Trochilidae, or hummingbirds.
Polytminae is one of the six subfamilies of the hummingbird family Trochilidae. The subfamily contains 12 genera with a total of 29 species.
Mellisugini is one of the three tribes that make up the subfamily Trochilinae in the hummingbird family Trochilidae. The other two tribes in the subfamily are Lampornithini and Trochilini (emeralds).
