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Band-tailed Barbthroat

The Band-tailed Barbthroat, also known as Rucker's Hermit, Rucker's or Blue Fan-tailed Barbthroat is a medium-sized hummingbird and is a resident breeder from southeastern Guatemala and Belize to western Ecuador and western Venezuela.

White-tipped Sicklebill

The White-tipped Sicklebill is a relatively large hummingbird species found in Costa Rica and Panama of Central America and Colombia, Ecuador, and far northern Peru.

Saw-billed Hermit

The Saw-billed Hermit is one of the longest and heaviest hummingbirds from southeastern Brazil.

Fiery Topaz

The Fiery Topaz is a large, spectacular hummingbird with brilliant iridescent plumage that resides in northern South America.

Crimson Topaz

The Crimson Topaz is a large distinctive South American hummingbird. It is the largest hummingbird of Brazil, second in size after the Giant Hummingbird.

Rufous-breasted Hermit

The Rufous-breasted Hermit, also known as the Hairy Hermit is a fairly large hermit with a strongly decurved, long and thin bill.

Reddish Hermit

The Reddish Hermit is a tiny and charming hermit hummingbird species with dark-olive above and cinnamon below and on its rump. The males of this species have an incomplete black breast band and have shorter tail and wings than the females. It is among the smallest of the smallest of the hermits and the smallest of birds overall. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, and in the Guianas.

Purple-throated Sunangel

The Purple-throated Sunangel is a medium-sized hummingbird species with a rather limited range in southern Ecuador and northern Peru. It is mostly emerald-green with a broad purple throat bordered by iridescent blue below. Females are similar to males but are small and duller.

Purple-throated Carib

The Purple-throated Carib is a large hummingbird species with a markedly down-curved bill. This beautifully colored hummingbirds are found on several islands of the Lesser Antilles. This species is endemic to this area.

Planalto Hermit

The Planalto Hermit is a large hummingbird species with olive-green back, contrasting with its cinnamon rump and belly. It is found in eastern and south-central Brazil, eastern Bolivia, Paraguay, and marginally in north-western Argentina.

Long-billed Hermit

The Long-billed Hermit is a spectacularly large hummingbird and a resident breeder from central Mexico south to northwestern Colombia, extreme western Venezuela and western Ecuador.

Lesser Violetear

The Lesser Violetear, also known as the Mountain Violet-ear is a medium-sized metallic green hummingbird species with blue or purple cheek patch. This species is commonly found in forested areas from Costa Rica to northern South America.