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Purple-Backed Sunbeam

The Purple-Backed Sunbeam is a blotchy hummingbird restricted to a tiny, remote area in the Andes of northern Peru. It has a bronzy-brown plumage with irregular white patches on the face, throat, and white teardrop-shaped spots on breast.

Purple-Crowned Fairy

The Purple-crowned Fairy is a large hummingbird of humid tropical lowlands. It breeds from southeastern Mexico south to southwestern Ecuador.

Beautiful Sheartail

The Beautiful Sheartail is a small hummingbird of desert scrub and brushy woodland in dry interior areas of southwest Mexico.

Purple-Throated Carib

The Purple-Throated Carib is a large and beautifully colored hummingbird species
found on several islands of the Lesser Antilles.

Planalto Hermit

The Planalto Hermit is a medium-sized hummingbird with an olive-green back contrasting with its cinnamon rump and belly. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Peru.

Purple-throated Mountain-gem

The Purple-throated Mountain-gem is a medium-sized hummingbird found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama.

White-Bellied Emerald

The White-Bellied Emerald is a small bicolored hummingbird of tropical lowland forest and edge in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.

White-Chested Emerald

The White-Chested Emerald is a common and widespread hummingbird species in Trinidad, less so in Venezuela. It is is a small hummingbird with short, black bill and completely white underparts.

Fun Fact

Expand your knowledge about hummingbirds with this fun fact!