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How Hummingbirds Use Their Tongues and Beaks

Read on to discover how these tiny fliers use their tongues and beaks.

Gorgeted Woodstar

The Gorgeted Woodstar is one of the smallest birds native to South America alongside the Short-Tailed Woodstar and Esmeraldas Woodstar.

Golden-Bellied Starfrontlet

The Golden-Bellied Starfrontlet is a large and dazzling hummingbird that can be found in Colombia and a small part of Venezuela.

Glowing Puffleg

The Glowing Puffleg is a medium-sized hummingbird found in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador, northern Peru and western Venezuela.

Giant Hummingbird

The Giant Hummingbird is the largest hummingbird in the world. It is found in South America, in Ecuador, Peru and Chile and two subspecies share the wide range.

Frilled Coquette

The Frilled Coquette is a tiny South American hummingbird species that has an extremely large range but can only be found in Brazil.

Festive Coquette

The Festive Coquette a tiny and visually striking hummingbird found in a range on the southeast coast of Brazil, in the state of Espírito Santo and southwest in a 2,000 km. coastal strip.

Fawn-Breasted Brilliant

The Fawn-Breasted Brilliant is a medium-sized hummingbird native to South America, where it occurs in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Coppery-Headed Emerald

The Coppery-Headed Emerald is a small hummingbird endemic to Costa Rica.

Copper-Rumped Hummingbird

The Copper-Rumped Hummingbird is a fairly common and very territorial small hummingbird that breeds in Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago.

Collared Inca

The Collared Inca is a large hummingbird with striking white flashes in its tail. It is a common hummingbird species found in the humid forest of the Andean mountains.

Chestnut-Bellied Hummingbird

The Chestnut-Bellied Hummingbird is a hummingbird species found only in Colombia. It is threatened by habitat loss.