Hummingbirds of Brazil
84 of the world's 363 hummingbird species live in or visit Brazil, and 17 of them are found nowhere else on Earth. Only Colombia has more species of their own.
Which hummingbirds
How many species of each group live in Brazil, out of all the species in that group. Bar length shows the group’s size worldwide.
The biggest group here is the emeralds, with 28 species. No Patagona live here.
Compared with other countries
Brazil is 5th of the 55 countries and territories with hummingbirds. See them all.
Found only in Brazil · 17
Saw-billed HermitLeast concernhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/dariosanches/ · CC BY-SA 2.0
Hook-billed HermitVulnerableHector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0
Broad-tipped HermitLeast concernhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/jquental/ · CC BY 2.0
Dusky-throated HermitLeast concernFrancesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0
Tapajos HermitVulnerableHector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0
Minute HermitLeast concernHector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hyacinth VisorbearerLeast concernNortondefeis · CC BY-SA 4.0
Hooded VisorbearerNear threatenedMárcia Novaes Guedes · CC BY-SA 4.0
Frilled CoquetteLeast concernCastro.rogerio · CC BY-SA 4.0
Festive CoquetteLeast concernhttps://www.flickr.com/photos/dariosanches/ · CC BY-SA 2.0
Brazilian RubyLeast concernFrancesco Veronesi from Italy · CC BY-SA 2.0
Stripe-breasted StarthroatLeast concernRick elis.simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0
Green-crowned PlovercrestLeast concernDario Sanches from São Paulo, Brazil · CC BY-SA 2.0
Outcrop SabrewingVulnerableHector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0
Diamantina SabrewingNear threatenedNathan Ruser · CC BY-SA 4.0
Long-tailed WoodnymphEndangeredHector Bottai · CC BY-SA 4.0
Sombre HummingbirdLeast concernDaniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Red List status
- Endangered 1
- Vulnerable 3
- Near threatened 3
- Least concern 77
4 species here are threatened and 3 are near threatened; 6 of them live only in Brazil.
- Long-tailed WoodnymphEndangered · only in Brazil
- Hook-billed HermitVulnerable · only in Brazil
- Tapajos HermitVulnerable · only in Brazil
- Outcrop SabrewingVulnerable · only in Brazil
- Hooded VisorbearerNear threatened · only in Brazil
- Dot-eared CoquetteNear threatened
- Diamantina SabrewingNear threatened · only in Brazil
Sizes
From the Gray-chinned Hermit, 2.3 g, to the Crimson Topaz, 12.1 g. The scale covers the whole family, from 1.9 to 20.2 g.
All 84 species
Florisuginae topazes · 4
Phaethornithinae hermits · 22
- Saw-billed Hermit only here
- Hook-billed Hermit only here
- Rufous-breasted Hermit
- Pale-tailed Barbthroat
- Sooty Barbthroat
- Broad-tipped Hermit only here
- White-bearded Hermit
- Needle-billed Hermit
- Straight-billed Hermit
- Long-tailed Hermit
- Great-billed Hermit
- Dusky-throated Hermit only here
- Streak-throated Hermit
- Tapajos Hermit only here
- Minute Hermit only here
- Cinnamon-throated Hermit
- Gray-chinned Hermit
- Reddish Hermit
- Buff-bellied Hermit
- Sooty-capped Hermit
- Planalto Hermit
- Scale-throated Hermit
Polytminae mangoes · 14
- Blue-fronted Lancebill
- Hyacinth Visorbearer only here
- Hooded Visorbearer only here
- White-vented Violetear
- Brown Violetear
- Horned Sungem
- Black-eared Fairy
- White-tailed Goldenthroat
- Tepui Goldenthroat
- Green-tailed Goldenthroat
- Fiery-tailed Awlbill
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
- Black-throated Mango
- Green-throated Mango
Lesbiini coquettes · 8
- Black-bellied Thorntail
- Racket-tipped Thorntail
- Tufted Coquette
- Dot-eared Coquette
- Frilled Coquette only here
- Butterfly Coquette
- Festive Coquette only here
- Peacock Coquette
Heliantheini brilliants · 4
Lampornithini mountain gems · 3
Mellisugini bees · 1
Trochilini emeralds · 28
- Blue-tailed Emerald
- Glittering-bellied Emerald
- Green-crowned Plovercrest only here
- Purple-crowned Plovercrest
- Gray-breasted Sabrewing
- Outcrop Sabrewing only here
- Diamantina Sabrewing only here
- Rufous-breasted Sabrewing
- Buff-breasted Sabrewing
- Violet-capped Woodnymph
- Long-tailed Woodnymph only here
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph
- Swallow-tailed Hummingbird
- Sombre Hummingbird only here
- Olive-spotted Hummingbird
- Copper-tailed Hummingbird
- Versicolored Emerald
- Golden-tailed Sapphire
- White-chested Emerald
- Plain-bellied Emerald
- White-throated Hummingbird
- Glittering-throated Emerald
- Sapphire-spangled Emerald
- Rufous-throated Sapphire
- Gilded Hummingbird
- White-bellied Hummingbird
- White-chinned Sapphire
- Blue-chinned Sapphire
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.