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Order: Caprimulgiformes
8 families, 608 species (2 extinct)
Family #022
Frogmouths (Podargidae)
- Species: 16
- Distribution: Australasia, Indomalaya
- IOC family #014, HBW family #023, H&M family #023
- wf250 status: 67% members ticked
- OH: 8 seen and photographed, first seen in Australia, 2013
| Tawny Frogmouth | Podargus strigoides | .. |
| Marbled Frogmouth | Podargus ocellatus | .. |
| Papuan Frogmouth | Podargus papuensis | .. |
| Solomons Frogmouth | Rigidipenna inexpectata | |
| Large Frogmouth | Batrachostomus auritus | .. |
| Dulit Frogmouth | Batrachostomus harterti | .. |
| Philippine Frogmouth | Batrachostomus septimus | |
| Gould’s Frogmouth | Batrachostomus stellatus | .. |
| Sri Lanka Frogmouth | Batrachostomus moniliger | |
| Hodgson’s Frogmouth | Batrachostomus hodgsoni | .. |
| Sumatran Frogmouth | Batrachostomus poliolophus | |
| Bornean Frogmouth | Batrachostomus mixtus | |
| Javan Frogmouth | Batrachostomus javensis | |
| Blyth’s Frogmouth | Batrachostomus affinis | .. |
| Palawan Frogmouth | Batrachostomus chaseni | |
| Sunda Frogmouth | Batrachostomus cornutus |
1 Hodgson’s Frogmouth, India; 2 Marbled Frogmouth, Papua New Guinea; 3 Tawny Frogmouth, Australia; 4 Papuan Frogmouth, Papua New Guinea
5 Blyth’s Frogmouth, Borneo; 6 Dulit Frogmouth, Borneo; 7 Large Frogmouth, Borneo; 8 Gould’s Frogmouth, Borneo
Family #023
Nightjars and Allies (Caprimulgidae)
- Species: 97 (1 extinct)
- Distribution: Global
- IOC family #017 (Nightjars), HBW family #025 (Nightjars), H&M family #025 (Nightjars)
- wf250 status: 100% members ticked
- OH: 30 seen, 17 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1978
| Spotted Nightjar | Eurostopodus argus | |
| Solomons Nightjar | Eurostopodus nigripennis | |
| New Caledonian Nightjar | Eurostopodus exul | |
| White-throated Nightjar | Eurostopodus mystacalis | |
| Diabolical Nightjar | Eurostopodus diabolicus | .. |
| Papuan Nightjar | Eurostopodus papuensis | |
| Archbold’s Nightjar | Eurostopodus archboldi | |
| Malaysian Eared-Nightjar | Lyncornis temminckii | |
| Great Eared-Nightjar | Lyncornis macrotis | |
| Collared Nightjar | Gactornis enarratus | .. |
| Nacunda Nighthawk | Chordeiles nacunda | .. |
| Least Nighthawk | Chordeiles pusillus | |
| Sand-colored Nighthawk | Chordeiles rupestris | |
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | . |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | .. |
| Antillean Nighthawk | Chordeiles gundlachii | .. |
| Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus | . |
| Rufous-bellied Nighthawk | Lurocalis rufiventris | |
| Band-tailed Nighthawk | Nyctiprogne leucopyga | |
| Bahian Nighthawk | Nyctiprogne vielliardi | |
| Blackish Nightjar | Nyctipolus nigrescens | |
| Pygmy Nightjar | Nyctipolus hirundinaceus | |
| Band-winged Nightjar | Systellura longirostris | |
| Tschudi’s Nightjar | Systellura decussata | |
| Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | .. |
| Scrub Nightjar | Nyctidromus anthonyi | . |
| White-winged Nightjar | Eleothreptus candicans | |
| Sickle-winged Nightjar | Eleothreptus anomalus | |
| Swallow-tailed Nightjar | Uropsalis segmentata | . |
| Lyre-tailed Nightjar | Uropsalis lyra | |
| Todd’s Nightjar | Setopagis heterura | |
| Little Nightjar | Setopagis parvula | |
| Roraiman Nightjar | Setopagis whitelyi | |
| Cayenne Nightjar | Setopagis maculosa | |
| White-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis cayennensis | |
| Spot-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis maculicaudus | |
| Ladder-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis climacocerca | .. |
| Scissor-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis torquata | |
| Long-trained Nightjar | Macropsalis forcipata | .. |
| Jamaican Pauraque | Siphonorhis americana | (extinct) |
| Least Pauraque | Siphonorhis brewsteri | |
| Eared Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus mcleodii | |
| Yucatan Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus | |
| Ocellated Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus ocellatus | |
| Choco Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi | |
| Common Poorwill | Phalaenoptilus nuttallii | .. |
| Chuck-will’s-widow | Antrostomus carolinensis | |
| Rufous Nightjar | Antrostomus rufus | |
| Cuban Nightjar | Antrostomus cubanensis | .. |
| Hispaniolan Nightjar | Antrostomus ekmani | |
| Tawny-collared Nightjar | Antrostomus salvini | |
| Yucatan Nightjar | Antrostomus badius | |
| Silky-tailed Nightjar | Antrostomus sericocaudatus | |
| Buff-collared Nightjar | Antrostomus ridgwayi | |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus vociferus | |
| Dusky Nightjar | Antrostomus saturatus | |
| Mexican Whip-poor-will | Antrostomus arizonae | |
| Puerto Rican Nightjar | Antrostomus noctitherus | .. |
| Brown Nightjar | Veles binotatus | |
| Pennant-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus vexillarius | |
| Standard-winged Nightjar | Caprimulgus longipennis | .. |
| Red-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus ruficollis | . |
| Jungle Nightjar | Caprimulgus indicus | . |
| Gray Nightjar | Caprimulgus jotaka | .. |
| Palau Nightjar | Caprimulgus phalaena | |
| Eurasian Nightjar | Caprimulgus europaeus | .. |
| Sombre Nightjar | Caprimulgus fraenatus | . |
| Rufous-cheeked Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufigena | |
| Egyptian Nightjar | Caprimulgus aegyptius | .. |
| Nubian Nightjar | Caprimulgus nubicus | .. |
| Sykes’s Nightjar | Caprimulgus mahrattensis | |
| Golden Nightjar | Caprimulgus eximius | |
| Large-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus macrurus | .. |
| Andaman Nightjar | Caprimulgus andamanicus | |
| Mees’s Nightjar | Caprimulgus meesi | |
| Jerdon’s Nightjar | Caprimulgus atripennis | |
| Philippine Nightjar | Caprimulgus manillensis | |
| Sulawesi Nightjar | Caprimulgus celebensis | |
| Donaldson Smith’s Nightjar | Caprimulgus donaldsoni | . |
| Fiery-necked Nightjar | Caprimulgus pectoralis | . |
| Montane Nightjar | Caprimulgus poliocephalus | . |
| Indian Nightjar | Caprimulgus asiaticus | |
| Madagascar Nightjar | Caprimulgus madagascariensis | . |
| Swamp Nightjar | Caprimulgus natalensis | |
| Plain Nightjar | Caprimulgus inornatus | |
| Star-spotted Nightjar | Caprimulgus stellatus | |
| Nechisar Nightjar | Caprimulgus solala | |
| Savanna Nightjar | Caprimulgus affinis | |
| Chirruping Nightjar | Caprimulgus griseatus | |
| Freckled Nightjar | Caprimulgus tristigma | |
| Bonaparte’s Nightjar | Caprimulgus concretus | |
| Salvadori’s Nightjar | Caprimulgus pulchellus | |
| Itombwe Nightjar | Caprimulgus prigoginei | |
| Bates’s Nightjar | Caprimulgus batesi | |
| Long-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus climacurus | . |
| Slender-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus clarus | . |
| Square-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus fossii |
1 Common Nighthawk, USA; 2 Large-tailed Nightjar, Thailand; 3 Eurasian Nightjar, Israel; 4 Collared Nightjar ,Madagascar; 5 Long-trained Nightjar, Brazil; 6 Grey Nightjar, India; 7 Nubian Nightjar, Israel; 8 Common Pauraque, Brazil; 9 Common Poorwill, USA; 10 Antillean Nighthawk, Dominican Republic; 11 Nacunda Nighthawk, Brazil; 12 Egyptian Nightjar, Israel; 13 Ladder-tailed Nightjar, Ecuador; 14 Standard-winged Nightjar, Ghana
15 Greater Antillean Nightjar, Cuba; 16 Puerto Rican Nightjar, Puerto Rico
Diabolical Nightjar, Sulawesi 2023
Family #024
Potoos (Nyctibiidae)
- Species: 7
- Distribution: Neotropical endemic
- IOC family #016, HBW family #024, H&M family #024
- wf250 status: 77% members ticked
- OH: 2 seen and photographed, first seen in Brazil, 2015
| Great Potoo | Nyctibius grandis | .. |
| Long-tailed Potoo | Nyctibius aethereus | |
| Common Potoo | Nyctibius griseus | .. |
| Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis | |
| Andean Potoo | Nyctibius maculosus | |
| White-winged Potoo | Nyctibius leucopterus | |
| Rufous Potoo | Nyctibius bracteatus |
1 Great Potoo, Brazil; 2 Common Potoo, Ecuador
Family #025
Oilbird (Steatornithidae)
- Species: 1
- Distribution: Neotropical endemic
- IOC family #015, HBW family #022, H&M family #022
- wf250 status: 54% members ticked
- OH: 1 seen and photographed, first seen in Ecuador, 2019
- Finding Hints
| Oilbird | Steatornis caripensis | .. |
Oilbird, Ecuador 2019
Family #026
Owlet-nightjars (Aegothelidae)
- Species: 9
- Distribution: Australasian endemic
- IOC family #018, HBW family #026, H&M family #026
- wf250 status: 47% members ticked
- OH: 5 seen and photographed, first seen in Australia, 2018
| New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles savesi | |
| Feline Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles insignis | .. |
| Starry Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles tatei | .. |
| Wallace’s Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles wallacii | .. |
| Mountain Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles albertisi | |
| Moluccan Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles crinifrons | |
| Australian Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles cristatus | .. |
| Vogelkop Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles affinis | |
| Barred Owlet-nightjar | Aegotheles bennettii | .. |
1 Wallace’s Owlet-nightjar, Papua New Guinea; 2 Starry Owlet-nightjar , Papua New Guinea; 3 Feline Owlet-nightjar , Papua New Guinea; 4 Australian Owlet-nightjar, Australia; 5 Barred Owlet-nightjar , Papua New Guinea
Family #027
Swifts (Apodidae)
- Species: 112
- Distribution: Global
- IOC family #020, HBW family #028, H&M family #027
- wf250 status: 100% members ticked
- OH: 46 seen, 27 photographed, first seen in Israel, 1976
| Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | .. |
| White-chested Swift | Cypseloides lemosi | |
| Rothschild’s Swift | Cypseloides rothschildi | |
| Sooty Swift | Cypseloides fumigatus | .. |
| White-fronted Swift | Cypseloides storeri | |
| White-chinned Swift | Cypseloides cryptus | |
| Spot-fronted Swift | Cypseloides cherriei | |
| Great Dusky Swift | Cypseloides senex | |
| Chestnut-collared Swift | Streptoprocne rutila | . |
| Tepui Swift | Streptoprocne phelpsi | |
| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | .. |
| White-naped Swift | Streptoprocne semicollaris | |
| Biscutate Swift | Streptoprocne biscutata | |
| Philippine Spinetail | Mearnsia picina | |
| Papuan Spinetail | Mearnsia novaeguineae | . |
| Madagascar Spinetail | Zoonavena grandidieri | .. |
| Sao Tome Spinetail | Zoonavena thomensis | |
| White-rumped Spinetail | Zoonavena sylvatica | |
| Mottled Spinetail | Telacanthura ussheri | |
| Black Spinetail | Telacanthura melanopygia | |
| Silver-rumped Spinetail | Rhaphidura leucopygialis | . |
| Sabine’s Spinetail | Rhaphidura sabini | .. |
| Cassin’s Spinetail | Neafrapus cassini | .. |
| Bat-like Spinetail | Neafrapus boehmi | |
| Gray-rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris | .. |
| Band-rumped Swift | Chaetura spinicaudus | |
| Costa Rican Swift | Chaetura fumosa | |
| Lesser Antillean Swift | Chaetura martinica | |
| Pale-rumped Swift | Chaetura egregia | |
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | . |
| Vaux’s Swift | Chaetura vauxi | .. |
| Chapman’s Swift | Chaetura chapmani | |
| Ashy-tailed Swift | Chaetura andrei | |
| Sick’s Swift | Chaetura meridionalis | |
| Short-tailed Swift | Chaetura brachyura | .. |
| White-throated Needletail | Hirundapus caudacutus | |
| Silver-backed Needletail | Hirundapus cochinchinensis | |
| Brown-backed Needletail | Hirundapus giganteus | . |
| Purple Needletail | Hirundapus celebensis | |
| Waterfall Swift | Hydrochous gigas | . |
| Pygmy Swiftlet | Collocalia troglodytes | |
| Bornean Swiftlet | Collocalia dodgei | . |
| Christmas Island Swiftlet | Collocalia natalis | |
| Cave Swiftlet | Collocalia linchi | |
| Plume-toed Swiftlet | Collocalia affinis | .. |
| Gray-rumped Swiftlet | Collocalia marginata | |
| Ridgetop Swiftlet | Collocalia isonota | |
| Tenggara Swiftlet | Collocalia sumbawae | |
| Drab Swiftlet | Collocalia neglecta | |
| Glossy Swiftlet | Collocalia esculenta | .. |
| Satin Swiftlet | Collocalia uropygialis | |
| Seychelles Swiftlet | Aerodramus elaphrus | |
| Mascarene Swiftlet | Aerodramus francicus | |
| Indian Swiftlet | Aerodramus unicolor | |
| Sulawesi Swiftlet | Aerodramus sororum | |
| Halmahera Swiftlet | Aerodramus infuscatus | |
| Seram Swiftlet | Aerodramus ceramensis | |
| Philippine Swiftlet | Aerodramus mearnsi | |
| Mountain Swiftlet | Aerodramus hirundinaceus | . |
| White-rumped Swiftlet | Aerodramus spodiopygius | . |
| Australian Swiftlet | Aerodramus terraereginae | .. |
| Himalayan Swiftlet | Aerodramus brevirostris | .. |
| Volcano Swiftlet | Aerodramus vulcanorum | |
| Whitehead’s Swiftlet | Aerodramus whiteheadi | |
| Bare-legged Swiftlet | Aerodramus nuditarsus | .. |
| Mayr’s Swiftlet | Aerodramus orientalis | |
| Ameline Swiftlet | Aerodramus amelis | |
| Uniform Swiftlet | Aerodramus vanikorensis | . |
| Mossy-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus salangana | |
| Palau Swiftlet | Aerodramus pelewensis | |
| Mariana Swiftlet | Aerodramus bartschi | |
| Caroline Islands Swiftlet | Aerodramus inquietus | |
| Atiu Swiftlet | Aerodramus sawtelli | |
| Tahiti Swiftlet | Aerodramus leucophaeus | |
| Marquesan Swiftlet | Aerodramus ocistus | |
| Black-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus maximus | |
| White-nest Swiftlet | Aerodramus fuciphagus | . |
| Germain’s Swiftlet | Aerodramus germani | |
| Three-toed Swiftlet | Aerodramus papuensis | |
| Scarce Swift | Schoutedenapus myoptilus | . |
| Alpine Swift | Tachymarptis melba | .. |
| Mottled Swift | Tachymarptis aequatorialis | |
| Cape Verde Swift | Apus alexandri | |
| Common Swift | Apus apus | .. |
| Plain Swift | Apus unicolor | |
| Nyanza Swift | Apus niansae | .. |
| Pallid Swift | Apus pallidus | .. |
| African Swift | Apus barbatus | .. |
| Forbes-Watson’s Swift | Apus berliozi | |
| Bradfield’s Swift | Apus bradfieldi | |
| Malagasy Swift | Apus balstoni | .. |
| Pacific Swift | Apus pacificus | .. |
| Salim Ali’s Swift | Apus salimalii | |
| Blyth’s Swift | Apus leuconyx | . |
| Cook’s Swift | Apus cooki | |
| Dark-rumped Swift | Apus acuticauda | |
| Little Swift | Apus affinis | .. |
| House Swift | Apus nipalensis | . |
| Horus Swift | Apus horus | . |
| White-rumped Swift | Apus caffer | .. |
| Bates’s Swift | Apus batesi | |
| White-throated Swift | Aeronautes saxatalis | .. |
| White-tipped Swift | Aeronautes montivagus | . |
| Andean Swift | Aeronautes andecolus | |
| Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift | Panyptila cayennensis | . |
| Great Swallow-tailed Swift | Panyptila sanctihieronymi | |
| Asian Palm Swift | Cypsiurus balasiensis | .. |
| African Palm Swift | Cypsiurus parvus | .. |
| Malagasy Palm Swift | Cypsiurus gracilis | . |
| Antillean Palm Swift | Tachornis phoenicobia | .. |
| Pygmy Palm Swift | Tachornis furcata | |
| Fork-tailed Palm Swift | Tachornis squamata | .. |
Plume-toed Swiftlet, Borneo (MY) 2023
1 American Black Swift, USA; 2 Vaux’s Swift, Mexico; 3 Himalayan Swiftlet, India; 4 African Palm-Swift, South Africa; 5 Australian Swiftlet, Australia; 6 Sabine’s Spinetail, Uganda; 7 Madagascan Spinetail, Madagascar; 8 White-throated Swift, USA; 9 Fork-tailed Palm-Swift, Ecuador; 10 Short-tailed Swift, Ecuador; 11 Pallid Swift, Israel; 12 African Swift, South Africa; 13 Asian Palm Swift, India; 14 White-rumped Swift, South Africa; 15 Malagasy Black Swift, Madagascar; 16 Alpine Swift, Israel; 17 Nyanza Swift, Ethiopia; 18 White-collared Swift, Dominican Republic; 19 Sooty Swift, Brazil; 20 Pacific Swift, Australia; 21 Glossy Swiftlet, New Caledonia; 22 Common Swift, Israel; 23 Grey-rumped Swift, Brazil; 24 Little Swift, Israel; 25 Cassin’s Spinetail, Ghana; 26 Antillean Palm Swift, Dominican Republic
Family #028
Treeswifts (Hemiprocnidae)
- Species: 4
- Distribution: Australasia, Indomalaya
- IOC family #019, HBW family #027, H&M family #027 (Swifts)
- wf250 status: 70% members ticked
- OH: 4 seen, 4 photographed, first seen in Thailand, 2012
| Crested Treeswift | Hemiprocne coronata | .. |
| Gray-rumped Treeswift | Hemiprocne longipennis | .. |
| Whiskered Treeswift | Hemiprocne comata | .. |
| Moustached Treeswift | Hemiprocne mystacea | .. |
1 Moustached Treeswift, Papua New Guinea; 2 Crested Treeswift, India; 3 Whiskered Treeswift, Borneo (MY); 4 Gray-rumped Treeswift, Borneo (MY)
Family #029
Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
- Species: 363 (1 extinct)
- Distribution: Neotropic and Nearctic
- IOC family #021, HBW family #029, H&M family #028
- wf250 status: 91% members ticked
- OH: 105 seen, 62 photographed, first seen in USA, 1996
| Crimson Topaz | Topaza pella | |
| Fiery Topaz | Topaza pyra | |
| White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora | .. |
| Black Jacobin | Florisuga fusca | |
| White-tipped Sicklebill | Eutoxeres aquila | |
| Buff-tailed Sicklebill | Eutoxeres condamini | |
| Saw-billed Hermit | Ramphodon naevius | .. |
| Hook-billed Hermit | Glaucis dohrnii | |
| Bronzy Hermit | Glaucis aeneus | |
| Rufous-breasted Hermit | Glaucis hirsutus | |
| Band-tailed Barbthroat | Threnetes ruckeri | |
| Pale-tailed Barbthroat | Threnetes leucurus | |
| Sooty Barbthroat | Threnetes niger | |
| Broad-tipped Hermit | Anopetia gounellei | |
| White-bearded Hermit | Phaethornis hispidus | . |
| White-whiskered Hermit | Phaethornis yaruqui | .. |
| Green Hermit | Phaethornis guy | . |
| Tawny-bellied Hermit | Phaethornis syrmatophorus | . |
| Koepcke’s Hermit | Phaethornis koepckeae | |
| Needle-billed Hermit | Phaethornis philippii | |
| Straight-billed Hermit | Phaethornis bourcieri | |
| Long-billed Hermit | Phaethornis longirostris | |
| Mexican Hermit | Phaethornis mexicanus | |
| Long-tailed Hermit | Phaethornis superciliosus | |
| Great-billed Hermit | Phaethornis malaris | . |
| Pale-bellied Hermit | Phaethornis anthophilus | |
| Dusky-throated Hermit | Phaethornis squalidus | . |
| Streak-throated Hermit | Phaethornis rupurumii | |
| Little Hermit | Phaethornis longuemareus | |
| Tapajos Hermit | Phaethornis aethopygus | |
| Minute Hermit | Phaethornis idaliae | |
| Cinnamon-throated Hermit | Phaethornis nattereri | |
| Black-throated Hermit | Phaethornis atrimentalis | . |
| Stripe-throated Hermit | Phaethornis striigularis | . |
| Gray-chinned Hermit | Phaethornis griseogularis | |
| Reddish Hermit | Phaethornis ruber | . |
| White-browed Hermit | Phaethornis stuarti | |
| Buff-bellied Hermit | Phaethornis subochraceus | |
| Sooty-capped Hermit | Phaethornis augusti | |
| Planalto Hermit | Phaethornis pretrei | |
| Scale-throated Hermit | Phaethornis eurynome | . |
| Green-fronted Lancebill | Doryfera ludovicae | . |
| Blue-fronted Lancebill | Doryfera johannae | |
| White-throated Daggerbill | Schistes albogularis | |
| Geoffroy’s Daggerbill | Schistes geoffroyi | |
| Hyacinth Visorbearer | Augastes scutatus | |
| Hooded Visorbearer | Augastes lumachella | |
| White-vented Violetear | Colibri serrirostris | .. |
| Sparkling Violetear | Colibri coruscans | .. |
| Brown Violetear | Colibri delphinae | .. |
| Mexican Violetear | Colibri thalassinus | |
| Lesser Violetear | Colibri cyanotus | .. |
| Horned Sungem | Heliactin bilophus | |
| Tooth-billed Hummingbird | Androdon aequatorialis | |
| Purple-crowned Fairy | Heliothryx barroti | |
| Black-eared Fairy | Heliothryx auritus | |
| White-tailed Goldenthroat | Polytmus guainumbi | |
| Tepui Goldenthroat | Polytmus milleri | |
| Green-tailed Goldenthroat | Polytmus theresiae | |
| Fiery-tailed Awlbill | Avocettula recurvirostris | |
| Ruby-topaz Hummingbird | Chrysolampis mosquitus | |
| Jamaican Mango | Anthracothorax mango | |
| Black-throated Mango | Anthracothorax nigricollis | |
| Green-throated Mango | Anthracothorax viridigula | |
| Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | |
| Veraguan Mango | Anthracothorax veraguensis | |
| Hispaniolan Mango | Anthracothorax dominicus | .. |
| Puerto Rican Mango | Anthracothorax aurulentus | . |
| Green Mango | Anthracothorax viridis | . |
| Purple-throated Carib | Eulampis jugularis | |
| Green-throated Carib | Eulampis holosericeus | .. |
| Orange-throated Sunangel | Heliangelus mavors | |
| Longuemare’s Sunangel | Heliangelus clarisse | |
| Merida Sunangel | Heliangelus spencei | |
| Amethyst-throated Sunangel | Heliangelus amethysticollis | |
| Gorgeted Sunangel | Heliangelus strophianus | |
| Tourmaline Sunangel | Heliangelus exortis | .. |
| Little Sunangel | Heliangelus micraster | |
| Purple-throated Sunangel | Heliangelus viola | .. |
| Royal Sunangel | Heliangelus regalis | .. |
| Green-backed Firecrown | Sephanoides sephaniodes | |
| Juan Fernandez Firecrown | Sephanoides fernandensis | |
| Wire-crested Thorntail | Discosura popelairii | |
| Black-bellied Thorntail | Discosura langsdorffi | |
| Coppery Thorntail | Discosura letitiae | |
| Green Thorntail | Discosura conversii | . |
| Racket-tipped Thorntail | Discosura longicaudus | |
| Tufted Coquette | Lophornis ornatus | |
| Dot-eared Coquette | Lophornis gouldii | |
| Frilled Coquette | Lophornis magnificus | |
| Short-crested Coquette | Lophornis brachylophus | |
| Rufous-crested Coquette | Lophornis delattrei | |
| Spangled Coquette | Lophornis stictolophus | |
| Butterfly Coquette | Lophornis verreauxii | |
| Festive Coquette | Lophornis chalybeus | .. |
| Peacock Coquette | Lophornis pavoninus | |
| Black-crested Coquette | Lophornis helenae | |
| White-crested Coquette | Lophornis adorabilis | |
| Ecuadorian Piedtail | Phlogophilus hemileucurus | . |
| Peruvian Piedtail | Phlogophilus harterti | |
| Speckled Hummingbird | Adelomyia melanogenys | .. |
| Long-tailed Sylph | Aglaiocercus kingii | .. |
| Violet-tailed Sylph | Aglaiocercus coelestis | .. |
| Venezuelan Sylph | Aglaiocercus berlepschi | |
| Red-tailed Comet | Sappho sparganurus | |
| Bronze-tailed Comet | Polyonymus caroli | |
| Gray-bellied Comet | Taphrolesbia griseiventris | |
| Ecuadorian Hillstar | Oreotrochilus chimborazo | |
| Blue-throated Hillstar | Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus | |
| Green-headed Hillstar | Oreotrochilus stolzmanni | |
| Black-breasted Hillstar | Oreotrochilus melanogaster | |
| Andean Hillstar | Oreotrochilus estella | |
| White-sided Hillstar | Oreotrochilus leucopleurus | |
| Wedge-tailed Hillstar | Oreotrochilus adela | |
| Mountain Avocetbill | Opisthoprora euryptera | |
| Black-tailed Trainbearer | Lesbia victoriae | |
| Green-tailed Trainbearer | Lesbia nuna | |
| Black-backed Thornbill | Ramphomicron dorsale | |
| Purple-backed Thornbill | Ramphomicron microrhynchum | |
| Rufous-capped Thornbill | Chalcostigma ruficeps | |
| Olivaceous Thornbill | Chalcostigma olivaceum | |
| Blue-mantled Thornbill | Chalcostigma stanleyi | |
| Bronze-tailed Thornbill | Chalcostigma heteropogon | |
| Rainbow-bearded Thornbill | Chalcostigma herrani | |
| Buffy Helmetcrest | Oxypogon stuebelii | |
| Blue-bearded Helmetcrest | Oxypogon cyanolaemus | |
| White-bearded Helmetcrest | Oxypogon lindenii | |
| Green-bearded Helmetcrest | Oxypogon guerinii | |
| Bearded Mountaineer | Oreonympha nobilis | |
| Perija Metaltail | Metallura iracunda | |
| Tyrian Metaltail | Metallura tyrianthina | . |
| Viridian Metaltail | Metallura williami | |
| Violet-throated Metaltail | Metallura baroni | |
| Neblina Metaltail | Metallura odomae | |
| Coppery Metaltail | Metallura theresiae | |
| Fire-throated Metaltail | Metallura eupogon | |
| Scaled Metaltail | Metallura aeneocauda | |
| Black Metaltail | Metallura phoebe | |
| Greenish Puffleg | Haplophaedia aureliae | |
| Buff-thighed Puffleg | Haplophaedia assimilis | |
| Hoary Puffleg | Haplophaedia lugens | |
| Black-breasted Puffleg | Eriocnemis nigrivestis | |
| Gorgeted Puffleg | Eriocnemis isabellae | |
| Glowing Puffleg | Eriocnemis vestita | |
| Black-thighed Puffleg | Eriocnemis derbyi | |
| Turquoise-throated Puffleg | Eriocnemis godini | |
| Coppery-bellied Puffleg | Eriocnemis cupreoventris | |
| Sapphire-vented Puffleg | Eriocnemis luciani | |
| Golden-breasted Puffleg | Eriocnemis mosquera | |
| Blue-capped Puffleg | Eriocnemis glaucopoides | |
| Colorful Puffleg | Eriocnemis mirabilis | |
| Emerald-bellied Puffleg | Eriocnemis aline | .. |
| Marvelous Spatuletail | Loddigesia mirabilis | .. |
| Shining Sunbeam | Aglaeactis cupripennis | |
| White-tufted Sunbeam | Aglaeactis castelnaudii | |
| Purple-backed Sunbeam | Aglaeactis aliciae | |
| Black-hooded Sunbeam | Aglaeactis pamela | |
| Bronzy Inca | Coeligena coeligena | . |
| Brown Inca | Coeligena wilsoni | . |
| Black Inca | Coeligena prunellei | |
| Collared Inca | Coeligena torquata | .. |
| Green Inca | Coeligena conradii | |
| Gould’s Inca | Coeligena inca | |
| Violet-throated Starfrontlet | Coeligena violifer | |
| Rainbow Starfrontlet | Coeligena iris | |
| White-tailed Starfrontlet | Coeligena phalerata | |
| Dusky Starfrontlet | Coeligena orina | |
| Buff-winged Starfrontlet | Coeligena lutetiae | .. |
| Perija Starfrontlet | Coeligena consita | |
| Golden-bellied Starfrontlet | Coeligena bonapartei | |
| Merida Starfrontlet | Coeligena eos | |
| Blue-throated Starfrontlet | Coeligena helianthea | |
| Mountain Velvetbreast | Lafresnaya lafresnayi | |
| Sword-billed Hummingbird | Ensifera ensifera | .. |
| Great Sapphirewing | Pterophanes cyanopterus | |
| Buff-tailed Coronet | Boissonneaua flavescens | .. |
| Chestnut-breasted Coronet | Boissonneaua matthewsii | .. |
| Velvet-purple Coronet | Boissonneaua jardini | .. |
| White-booted Racket-tail | Ocreatus underwoodii | .. |
| Peruvian Racket-tail | Ocreatus peruanus | .. |
| Rufous-booted Racket-tail | Ocreatus addae | |
| Rufous-gaped Hillstar | Urochroa bougueri | |
| Green-backed Hillstar | Urochroa leucura | |
| Purple-bibbed Whitetip | Urosticte benjamini | . |
| Rufous-vented Whitetip | Urosticte ruficrissa | |
| Velvet-browed Brilliant | Heliodoxa xanthogonys | |
| Pink-throated Brilliant | Heliodoxa gularis | |
| Rufous-webbed Brilliant | Heliodoxa branickii | |
| Black-throated Brilliant | Heliodoxa schreibersii | |
| Gould’s Jewelfront | Heliodoxa aurescens | . |
| Fawn-breasted Brilliant | Heliodoxa rubinoides | .. |
| Green-crowned Brilliant | Heliodoxa jacula | .. |
| Empress Brilliant | Heliodoxa imperatrix | . |
| Violet-fronted Brilliant | Heliodoxa leadbeateri | |
| Brazilian Ruby | Heliodoxa rubricauda | .. |
| Giant Hummingbird | Patagona gigas | |
| Violet-chested Hummingbird | Sternoclyta cyanopectus | |
| Scissor-tailed Hummingbird | Hylonympha macrocerca | |
| Rivoli’s Hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens | .. |
| Talamanca Hummingbird | Eugenes spectabilis | .. |
| Long-billed Starthroat | Heliomaster longirostris | |
| Plain-capped Starthroat | Heliomaster constantii | .. |
| Stripe-breasted Starthroat | Heliomaster squamosus | |
| Blue-tufted Starthroat | Heliomaster furcifer | |
| Fiery-throated Hummingbird | Panterpe insignis | |
| Green-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis viridipallens | |
| Green-breasted Mountain-gem | Lampornis sybillae | |
| Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis amethystinus | |
| Blue-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis clemenciae | .. |
| White-bellied Mountain-gem | Lampornis hemileucus | |
| Purple-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis calolaemus | |
| White-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis castaneoventris | |
| Garnet-throated Hummingbird | Lamprolaima rhami | |
| Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird | Tilmatura dupontii | |
| Amethyst Woodstar | Calliphlox amethystina | |
| Peruvian Sheartail | Thaumastura cora | . |
| Short-tailed Woodstar | Myrmia micrura | |
| Purple-collared Woodstar | Myrtis fanny | . |
| Oasis Hummingbird | Rhodopis vesper | . |
| Chilean Woodstar | Eulidia yarrellii | |
| Slender-tailed Woodstar | Microstilbon burmeisteri | |
| White-bellied Woodstar | Chaetocercus mulsant | .. |
| Little Woodstar | Chaetocercus bombus | . |
| Gorgeted Woodstar | Chaetocercus heliodor | |
| Santa Marta Woodstar | Chaetocercus astreans | |
| Esmeraldas Woodstar | Chaetocercus berlepschi | |
| Rufous-shafted Woodstar | Chaetocercus jourdanii | |
| Magenta-throated Woodstar | Philodice bryantae | |
| Purple-throated Woodstar | Philodice mitchellii | |
| Slender Sheartail | Doricha enicura | |
| Mexican Sheartail | Doricha eliza | .. |
| Lucifer Hummingbird | Calothorax lucifer | . |
| Beautiful Hummingbird | Calothorax pulcher | |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris | . |
| Black-chinned Hummingbird | Archilochus alexandri | .. |
| Bahama Woodstar | Nesophlox evelynae | |
| Inagua Woodstar | Nesophlox lyrura | |
| Vervain Hummingbird | Mellisuga minima | .. |
| Bee Hummingbird | Mellisuga helenae | .. |
| Anna’s Hummingbird | Calypte anna | .. |
| Costa’s Hummingbird | Calypte costae | |
| Calliope Hummingbird | Selasphorus calliope | .. |
| Rufous Hummingbird | Selasphorus rufus | .. |
| Allen’s Hummingbird | Selasphorus sasin | . |
| Broad-tailed Hummingbird | Selasphorus platycercus | .. |
| Bumblebee Hummingbird | Selasphorus heloisa | |
| Wine-throated Hummingbird | Selasphorus ellioti | |
| Volcano Hummingbird | Selasphorus flammula | |
| Scintillant Hummingbird | Selasphorus scintilla | . |
| Glow-throated Hummingbird | Selasphorus ardens | |
| Dusky Hummingbird | Phaeoptila sordida | .. |
| Cuban Emerald | Riccordia ricordii | .. |
| Brace’s Emerald | Riccordia bracei | (extinct) |
| Hispaniolan Emerald | Riccordia swainsonii | . |
| Puerto Rican Emerald | Riccordia maugaeus | . |
| Blue-headed Hummingbird | Riccordia bicolor | |
| Broad-billed Hummingbird | Cynanthus latirostris | .. |
| Tres Marias Hummingbird | Cynanthus lawrencei | |
| Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird | Cynanthus doubledayi | |
| Golden-crowned Emerald | Cynanthus auriceps | |
| Cozumel Emerald | Cynanthus forficatus | |
| Canivet’s Emerald | Cynanthus canivetii | |
| Blue-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon mellisugus | .. |
| Chiribiquete Emerald | Chlorostilbon olivaresi | |
| Red-billed Emerald | Chlorostilbon gibsoni | |
| Glittering-bellied Emerald | Chlorostilbon lucidus | .. |
| Short-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon poortmani | |
| Narrow-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon stenurus | |
| Green-tailed Emerald | Chlorostilbon alice | |
| Coppery Emerald | Chlorostilbon russatus | |
| Garden Emerald | Chlorostilbon assimilis | |
| Western Emerald | Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus | . |
| White-eared Hummingbird | Basilinna leucotis | .. |
| Xantus’s Hummingbird | Basilinna xantusii | |
| Wedge-tailed Sabrewing | Pampa curvipennis | . |
| Rufous Sabrewing | Pampa rufa | |
| Violet-headed Hummingbird | Klais guimeti | |
| Emerald-chinned Hummingbird | Abeillia abeillei | |
| Antillean Crested Hummingbird | Orthorhyncus cristatus | |
| Green-crowned Plovercrest | Stephanoxis lalandi | .. |
| Purple-crowned Plovercrest | Stephanoxis loddigesii | |
| Santa Marta Blossomcrown | Anthocephala floriceps | |
| Tolima Blossomcrown | Anthocephala berlepschi | |
| Gray-breasted Sabrewing | Campylopterus largipennis | |
| Outcrop Sabrewing | Campylopterus calcirupicola | |
| Diamantina Sabrewing | Campylopterus diamantinensis | |
| Violet Sabrewing | Campylopterus hemileucurus | .. |
| Rufous-breasted Sabrewing | Campylopterus hyperythrus | |
| Buff-breasted Sabrewing | Campylopterus duidae | |
| Napo Sabrewing | Campylopterus villaviscensio | |
| Lazuline Sabrewing | Campylopterus falcatus | |
| Santa Marta Sabrewing | Campylopterus phainopeplus | |
| White-tailed Sabrewing | Campylopterus ensipennis | |
| Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer | Chalybura urochrysia | |
| White-vented Plumeleteer | Chalybura buffonii | |
| Violet-capped Woodnymph | Thalurania glaucopis | .. |
| Long-tailed Woodnymph | Thalurania watertonii | |
| Crowned Woodnymph | Thalurania colombica | .. |
| Fork-tailed Woodnymph | Thalurania furcata | . |
| Snowcap | Microchera albocoronata | |
| Coppery-headed Emerald | Microchera cupreiceps | |
| White-tailed Emerald | Microchera chionura | |
| Violet-capped Hummingbird | Goldmania violiceps | |
| Pirre Hummingbird | Goldmania bella | |
| Mexican Woodnymph | Eupherusa ridgwayi | |
| White-tailed Hummingbird | Eupherusa poliocerca | |
| Blue-capped Hummingbird | Eupherusa cyanophrys | |
| Stripe-tailed Hummingbird | Eupherusa eximia | . |
| Black-bellied Hummingbird | Eupherusa nigriventris | |
| Scaly-breasted Hummingbird | Phaeochroa cuvierii | |
| Buffy Hummingbird | Leucippus fallax | |
| Tumbes Hummingbird | Thaumasius baeri | |
| Spot-throated Hummingbird | Thaumasius taczanowskii | .. |
| Many-spotted Hummingbird | Taphrospilus hypostictus | |
| Swallow-tailed Hummingbird | Eupetomena macroura | .. |
| Sombre Hummingbird | Eupetomena cirrochloris | . |
| Olive-spotted Hummingbird | Talaphorus chlorocercus | |
| Red-billed Streamertail | Trochilus polytmus | |
| Black-billed Streamertail | Trochilus scitulus | |
| Violet-crowned Hummingbird | Ramosomyia violiceps | . |
| Green-fronted Hummingbird | Ramosomyia viridifrons | |
| Azure-crowned Hummingbird | Saucerottia cyanocephala | . |
| Blue-vented Hummingbird | Saucerottia hoffmanni | |
| Berylline Hummingbird | Saucerottia beryllina | .. |
| Blue-tailed Hummingbird | Saucerottia cyanura | |
| Snowy-bellied Hummingbird | Saucerottia edward | .. |
| Steely-vented Hummingbird | Saucerottia saucerottei | |
| Indigo-capped Hummingbird | Saucerottia cyanifrons | |
| Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird | Saucerottia castaneiventris | |
| Green-bellied Hummingbird | Saucerottia viridigaster | |
| Copper-tailed Hummingbird | Saucerottia cupreicauda | |
| Copper-rumped Hummingbird | Saucerottia tobaci | |
| Cinnamon Hummingbird | Amazilia rutila | |
| Buff-bellied Hummingbird | Amazilia yucatanensis | .. |
| Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl | . |
| Honduran Emerald | Amazilia luciae | |
| Mangrove Hummingbird | Amazilia boucardi | |
| Amazilia Hummingbird | Amazilis amazilia | .. |
| Andean Emerald | Uranomitra franciae | . |
| Versicolored Emerald | Chrysuronia versicolor | .. |
| Shining-green Hummingbird | Chrysuronia goudoti | |
| Golden-tailed Sapphire | Chrysuronia oenone | |
| Sapphire-throated Hummingbird | Chrysuronia coeruleogularis | |
| Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird | Chrysuronia lilliae | |
| Humboldt’s Sapphire | Chrysuronia humboldtii | |
| Blue-headed Sapphire | Chrysuronia grayi | |
| White-chested Emerald | Chrysuronia brevirostris | |
| Plain-bellied Emerald | Chrysuronia leucogaster | |
| White-throated Hummingbird | Leucochloris albicollis | .. |
| Glittering-throated Emerald | Chionomesa fimbriata | . |
| Sapphire-spangled Emerald | Chionomesa lactea | . |
| Rufous-throated Sapphire | Hylocharis sapphirina | |
| Gilded Hummingbird | Hylocharis chrysura | .. |
| White-bellied Hummingbird | Elliotomyia chionogaster | . |
| Green-and-white Hummingbird | Elliotomyia viridicauda | |
| Purple-chested Hummingbird | Polyerata rosenbergi | |
| Blue-chested Hummingbird | Polyerata amabilis | . |
| Charming Hummingbird | Polyerata decora | |
| White-bellied Emerald | Chlorestes candida | |
| Blue-throated Goldentail | Chlorestes eliciae | |
| White-chinned Sapphire | Chlorestes cyanus | .. |
| Violet-bellied Hummingbird | Chlorestes julie | |
| Blue-chinned Sapphire | Chlorestes notata |
1 Saw-billed Hermit, Brazil; 2 Lesser Violetear, Peru; 3 Sparkling Violetear, Ecuador; 4 Purple-throated Sunangel, Peru; 5 Royal Sunangel, Peru; 6 Festive Coquette, Brazil; 7 Speckled Hummingbird, Ecuador; 8 Long-tailed Sylph, Peru; 9 Emerald-bellied Puffleg, Peru; 10 Marvelous Spatuletail, Peru; 11 Collared Inca, Peru; 12 Chestnut-breasted Coronet, Peru; 13 White-vented Violetear, Brazil; 14 Booted Racket-tail, Ecuador; 15 Fawn-breasted Brilliant, Peru; 16 Brazilian Ruby, Brazil; 17 Plain-capped Starthroat, Mexico; 18 Blue-throated Mountain-gem, Mexico; 19 White-bellied Woodstar, Peru; 20 Mexican Sheartail, Mexico; 21 Black-chinned Hummingbird, USA; 22 Anna’s Hummingbird, USA; 23 Broad-tailed Hummingbird, USA; 24 Rufous Hummingbird, USA; 25 Calliope Hummingbird, Mexico; 26 Glittering-bellied Emerald, Argentina; 27 Dusky Hummingbird, Mexico; 28 Green-crowned Plovercrest, Brazil; 29 Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Brazil; 30 Violet-capped Woodnymph, Brazil; 31 White-throated Hummingbird, Brazil; 32 Gilded Hummingbird, Argentina; 33 Spot-throated Hummingbird, Peru; 34 Amazilia Hummingbird, Peru; 35 Versicolored Emerald, Brazil; 36 Berylline Hummingbird, Mexico; 37 Buff-bellied Hummingbird, USA; 38 White-chinned Sapphire, Brazil; 39 White-eared Hummingbird, Mexico; 40 Borad-billed Hummingbird, USA; 41 Rivoli’s Hummingbird, USA; 42 Antillean Mango, Dominican Republic; 43 Vervain Hummingbird, Dominican Republic
44 White-necked Jacobin, Ecuador; 45 Crowned Woodnymph, Ecuador; 46 Tourmaline Sunangel, Ecuador; 47 Buff-tailed Coronet, Ecuador; 48 Velvet-purple Coronet, Ecuador; 49 Violet-tailed Sylph, Ecuador; 50 Buff-winged Starfrontlet, Ecuador; 51 White-whiskered Hermit, Ecuador; 52 Brown Violetear, Panama; 53 Green-crowned Brilliant, Ecuador; 54 Violet Sabrewing, Panama; 55 Sword-billed Hummingbird, Ecuador; 56 Blue-tailed Emerald, Ecuador; 57 Talamanca Hummingbird, Panama; 58 Snowy-bellied Hummingbird, Panama
59 Bee Hummingbird, Cuba; 60 Green-throated Carib, Puerto Rico; 61 Cuban Emerald, Cuba
