Wildlife Focus Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest Hummingbird Guide

Finding it difficult to identify the hummingbirds on the Ornithos webcam? This World Land Trust Hummingbird Guide will help you to identify the species which regularly visit the Ornithos Hummingbird feeder. The images with two individuals show the male of the species on the left and the female on the right.

Hummingbird colour: Please note this is a general description of hummingbird species. As many hummingbirds have reflective feathers the colour they appear depends on the lighting conditions in their environment and many will appear black when in the shade.

	Violet-capped Woodnymph Thalurania glaucopis (Photo © Luciano Breves) Family: Trochilidae Distribution: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Appearance: Overall green in colour (reflective brighter green on the chest) with a bright violet cap and tail. Females are not as vibrant in colour and have a cream throat and breast.
	Sombre Hummingbird Aphantochroa cirrochloris (Photo © Luciano Breves) Family: Trochilidae Distribution: Brazil Appearance: Green/bronze in colour with almost brown tinges to the wings.
	Glittering-throated Emerald Amazilia fimbriata (Photo © Luciano Breves) Family: Trochilidae Distribution: Throughout most of South America Appearance: Green with a white lower breast and belly. Tail appears black.
	Versicoloured Emerald Amazilia versicolor (Photo © Luciano Breves) Family: Trochilidae Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Venezuela Appearance: Variable in colour but green upperside and pale in colour running down throat and chest.
	Black-throated Mango Anthracothorax nigricollis (Photo © Luciano Breves) Family: Trochilidae Distribution: Throughout most of South America Appearance: Green back with black underside. Males have blue reflective throat. Females have a distinctive black stripe down their pale throat and breast.
	Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon lucidus (Photo © Luciano Breves) Family: Trochilidae Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Appearance: Green in overall colour but males have a reflective blue/green throat. Female have a white underside.
	Black Jacobin Florisuga fusca Photo © Luciano Breves) Family: Trochilidae Distribution: Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Appearance: Black hummingbird. White tail feathers which can be seen as a flash of white when flying.
	Saw-billed Hermit Ramphodon naevius (Photo © Luciano Breves) Family: Trochilidae Distribution: Brazil Appearance: Greenish back with darker tail, tipped with yellow. The breast is pale and streaked with brown. The throat has a yellow/orange tinge.
	Swallow-tailed Hummingbird Eupetomena macroura (Photo © Luciano Breves) Family: Trochilidae Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname Appearance: Green in overall colour with a deep reflective blue throat and upper breast. The tail as the name suggests is long and forked.
	Festive Coquette Lophornis chalybeus (Photo © Luciano Breves) Family: Trochilidae Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela Appearance: Green overall colour with paler breast streaked with brown. Males have tufts tipped with white.
	White-throated Hummingbird Leucochloris albicollis (Photo © Luciano Breves) Family: Trochilidae Distribution: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Appearance: Green overall colour with a white belly and throat patch. It has a medium-sized straight bill.