All illustrations courtesy of “The Birds of Ecuador - a field guide” by Robert S. Ridgely and Paul J. Greenfield used with kind permission.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Peru and Ecuador.
Habitat: It prefers dry, open or semi-open habitats, but also occurs in forest.
Appearance: In its range it is easily recognized by the combination of a black-tipped red bill and mainly rufous underparts.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Appearance: Mainly pure white underparts, sides contrastingly green.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Columbia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua and Panama.
Habitats: Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.
Appearance: Relatively dull; both sexes green-spotted below with dull buffy greyish crissum, dull bronzy tail; male with diffuse blue on chest, glittering green crown.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Columbia and Ecuador.
Appearance: Dark with conspicuous white patch on sides of chest.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Ecuador.
Appearance: Dull brown with throat patch and pale malar.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: From Costa Rica to western Ecuador
Habitats: It occurs at middle elevations from 700-1400 meters but may descend lower early in the wet season. In Costa Rica and Panama it is confined to the Caribbean slopes
Appearance: Mainly green upperparts, a white rump band and a blackish lower rump and tail. It weighs just 3 g. The 10 cm long male has the long wire-like tail that gives this species its name and green underparts. The 7.5 cm long female lacks the long tail and has blackish underparts with a green breast band. She has conspicuous white moustaches.
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Distribution: Columbia, Peru and Ecuador
Appearance: Males have conspicuous s purple chest. Females thickly spangled with green below.
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Distribution: Central America and north-western South America.
Habitats:Occurs in wide range of wooded habitats, e.g. forest, woodland, clearings, thickets and gardens; typically in humid regions, but locally also in drier, deciduous habitats. Mainly found in lowlands and foothills, it has exceptionally been recorded up to an altitude of 5900 ft (1800 m).
Appearance: As in most other hermits, it has a long, decurved bill. The basal half of the lower mandible is yellow, but otherwise the entire bill is black. The sexes are virtually identical. Juveniles apparently have the entire back pale rufous.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Colombia and Ecuador
Habitats: Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.
Appearance: From behind it appears blackish and could be confused with a Buff-tailed Coronet. However from the front has bright blue and coppery green on the back and wings, deep violet on the belly, and purple on the crown. The white in the tail is another good field mark, but is usually visible only when the bird flies off.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Southeastern Guatemala to western Ecuador and western Venezuela.
Habitats: This hermit species inhabits the understory of wet forests, woodland edges and old second growth. It occurs in the lowlands, typically up to an elevation of 800 m, although young birds may wander higher.
Appearance: Long decurved bill. The adult has bronze-green upperparts, a dark ear patch and dusky malar stripe. The chest is rusty-orange and the underparts are otherwise grey.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: From southern Mexico, through Central America, to South America as far south as northern Argentina.
Habitats: Decidous forest and lowlands.
Appearance: Lower mandible reddish orange; greyish below, whiter on belly.
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Distribution: Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia
Appearance: The tail of this hummingbird is split into what can be compared to two tennis rackets with elongate handles and small heads.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Panama to Northern Argentina.
Appearance: It is 10.2cm long. The longish black bill is slightly decurved. The tail in both sexes has dark central feathers, the outer tail being wine-red tipped with black.
The male has glossy bright green upperparts. His throat and chest are matt black, bordered with blue-green. The flanks are bright green, and the black of the chest tapers onto the belly.
The female Black-throated Mango has bronze-green upperparts and white underparts with a black central stripe. Immature birds show some grey or buff feather tips on the head and wings, and have brown around the eyes.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Bolivia, Columbia, Ecuador
Appearance: Buffy-fawm underparts, bronzy tail.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Columbia and Ecuador.
Appearance: Conspicuous white pectoral band.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Habitats: Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Appearance: Males have unique buff pectorial collar. Females have cinnamon-rufous underparts, often a hint of narrow dusky pectorial collar.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: South and Central America.
Habitats: Forest and woodland clearings, will sometimes visit gardens.
Appearance: 10.2 cm long and weighs 6.8 g. The black bill is straight and very long, at about 3.5 cm. The male has bronze-green upperparts, a blue crown, white moustachial stripe and reddish throat. The underparts are grey shading to white on the flanks and mid-belly, and the tail is mainly black. The female is similar, but has a green crown and a purple-edged black throat.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.
Habitats: Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Southeastern Mexico south to southwestern Ecuador.
Habitats: Found in forest canopy and edges at altitudes up to 1675m. Can also be found in tall second growth and shady gardens
Appearance: 11.5 cm long and weighs 6.5 g. It is slender and has bright white underparts, a green back, and a long pointed tail which has black central and white outer feathers. There is a dark patch through the eye, and the bill is sharply pointed. The male has a purple crown and a purple spot at the end of the eyepatch, which is bordered below with a glittering green malar stripe.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Ecuador and Columbia with minor localisation in Panama.
Appearance: Male has rufous on lower flanks. Females have buffy whitish throat, entire belly rufous.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Mexico to Peru
Habitats: Open country, river banks, woodland, scrub, forest edge, coffee plantations and gardens up to 1850 m (6000 ft).
Appearance: 10-12 cm long and weighs approx. 5.2 g. The throat is green (edged whitish in the female), the crown, back and flanks are green tinged golden, the belly is pale greyish, the vent and rump are rufous and the slightly forked tail is rufous with a dusky tip. The almost straight bill is red with a black tip; broadest on the upper mandible, which may appear all black. Immatures are virtually identical to the female.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Venezuela, through Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to Bolivia, northwest Argentina and, recently, to northern Chile.
Habitats: Found in woodland, gardens and páramo vegetation
Appearance: Large hummingbird with a medium-length, slightly drooping bill, and an iridescent blue "ear".
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Columbia, Ecaudor and Peru.
Appearance: Bright ochraceous rump and underparts, very long central rectrices.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Columbia and Ecaudor.
Appearance:Male has long blue-violet tai. Full streamers are sported by relatively few individuals, and many have shorter, but still long, tails. Female has rusty-orange belly, white breast and tail tips, and blue crown. Occasionally females lack the broad white breast band and they are then easily confused with Long-tailed Sylph.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia.
Habitats: Subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Appearance: Short bill, partial or complete white pectorial collar.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Found in Costa Rica and Panama of Central America, and Colombia, Ecuador, and northern Peru.
Habitats: Undergrowth of subtropical or tropical humid lowland or montane forest.
Appearance: Tail feathers black with white tip.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.
Habitats: Subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Appearance: Blue black tail.
Family: Trochilidae.
Distribution: Ecuador.
Appearance: Forked tail with white on both forks and mostly red lower mandible.