Hummingbirds of Argentina
32 of the world's 363 hummingbird species live in or visit Argentina.
Which hummingbirds
How many species of each group live in Argentina, out of all the species in that group. Bar length shows the group’s size worldwide.
The biggest group here is the emeralds, with 11 species.
Compared with other countries
Argentina is 15th of the 55 countries and territories with hummingbirds. See them all.
Red List status
- Least concern 32
None of the species here is threatened.
Sizes
From the Slender-tailed Woodstar, 2.5 g, to the Giant Hummingbird, 20.2 g. The scale covers the whole family, from 1.9 to 20.2 g.
Visitors · 4
These species don’t breed in Argentina; they come for the winter, pass through on migration, or turn up rarely.
- White-necked Jacobin rare visitor
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird rare visitor
- Stripe-breasted Starthroat rare visitor
- Sapphire-spangled Emerald rare visitor
All 32 species
Florisuginae topazes · 2
- White-necked Jacobin rare visitor
- Black Jacobin
Phaethornithinae hermits · 2
Polytminae mangoes · 5
- White-vented Violetear
- Sparkling Violetear
- White-tailed Goldenthroat
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird rare visitor
- Black-throated Mango
Lesbiini coquettes · 6
- Green-backed Firecrown
- Speckled Hummingbird
- Red-tailed Comet
- Andean Hillstar
- White-sided Hillstar
- Wedge-tailed Hillstar
Heliantheini brilliants · 1
Patagoninae Patagona · 1
Lampornithini mountain gems · 2
- Stripe-breasted Starthroat rare visitor
- Blue-tufted Starthroat
Mellisugini bees · 2
Trochilini emeralds · 11
Sources
Countries and how each species uses them: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. The count includes every species on the country’s list, as the explorer’s map does. Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Red List status: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.