Hummingbirds of Belize

23 of the world's 363 hummingbird species live in or visit Belize.

See Belize in the explorer

Which hummingbirds

How many species of each group live in Belize, out of all the species in that group. Bar length shows the group’s size worldwide.

• Florisuginae topazes1 of 4
• Phaethornithinae hermits3 of 37
• Polytminae mangoes3 of 30
• Lesbiini coquettes1 of 67
• Heliantheini brilliants0 of 57
• Patagoninae Patagona0 of 1
• Lampornithini mountain gems2 of 17
• Mellisugini bees1 of 37
• Trochilini emeralds12 of 113

The biggest group here is the emeralds, with 12 species. No brilliants or Patagona live here.

Compared with other countries

• Colombia166
• Ecuador133
• Peru130
• Venezuela104
• Brazil84
• Bolivia77
• Mexico59
• Panama59
• Costa Rica52
• Belize23

Belize is 19th of the 55 countries and territories with hummingbirds. See them all.

Red List status

• Least concern 23

None of the species here is threatened.

Sizes

From the Black-crested Coquette, 2.6 g, to the Violet Sabrewing, 9.7 g. The scale covers the whole family, from 1.9 to 20.2 g.

Visitors · 3

These species don’t breed in Belize; they come for the winter, pass through on migration, or turn up rarely.

• Plain-capped Starthroat rare visitor
• Ruby-throated Hummingbird winter visitor
• Violet-headed Hummingbird rare visitor

All 23 species

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.