Hummingbirds of Colombia
166 of the world's 363 hummingbird species live in or visit Colombia, and 18 of them are found nowhere else on Earth. No other country has more species of its own.
166species1st of 55 countries and territories
18found only here1st most of any country
12threatenedVulnerable or worse
0only visitwinter visitors or passing migrants
Which hummingbirds
How many species of each group live in Colombia, out of all the species in that group. Bar length shows the group’s size worldwide.
The biggest group here is the emeralds, with 46 species.
Compared with other countries
Colombia is 1st of the 55 countries and territories with hummingbirds. See them all.
Found only in Colombia · 18
Black-backed ThornbillNear threatenedJean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0
Buffy HelmetcrestVulnerableJuan José Arango · CC BY-SA 2.0
Blue-bearded HelmetcrestEndangeredCarole Turek · CC BY-SA 4.0
Green-bearded HelmetcrestLeast concernChristoph Moning · CC BY 4.0- No free photo yetGorgeted PufflegCritically endangered
- No free photo yetColorful PufflegEndangered
Black IncaVulnerableFélix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0
White-tailed StarfrontletNear threatenedDick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada · CC BY 2.0
Dusky StarfrontletEndangeredAnthony Kaduck · CC BY-SA 4.0
Golden-bellied StarfrontletLeast concernFélix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0
Santa Marta WoodstarLeast concernCullen Hanks · CC BY 4.0- No free photo yetChiribiquete EmeraldLeast concern
Santa Marta BlossomcrownVulnerableChristoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Tolima BlossomcrownVulnerableZieger M · CC BY-SA 4.0
Santa Marta SabrewingCritically endangereddesertnaturalist · CC BY 4.0
Indigo-capped HummingbirdLeast concernRon Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Chestnut-bellied HummingbirdNear threatenedFélix Uribe from Rionegro, Antioquia, Colombia · CC BY-SA 2.0
Sapphire-bellied HummingbirdEndangeredDavid F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0
Red List status
- Critically endangered 3
- Endangered 5
- Vulnerable 4
- Near threatened 8
- Least concern 146
12 species here are threatened and 8 are near threatened; 13 of them live only in Colombia.
- Gorgeted PufflegCritically endangered · only in Colombia
- Turquoise-throated PufflegCritically endangered
- Santa Marta SabrewingCritically endangered · only in Colombia
- Blue-bearded HelmetcrestEndangered · only in Colombia
- Colorful PufflegEndangered · only in Colombia
- Dusky StarfrontletEndangered · only in Colombia
- Perija StarfrontletEndangered
- Sapphire-bellied HummingbirdEndangered · only in Colombia
- Buffy HelmetcrestVulnerable · only in Colombia
- Black IncaVulnerable · only in Colombia
- Santa Marta BlossomcrownVulnerable · only in Colombia
- Tolima BlossomcrownVulnerable · only in Colombia
- Black-backed ThornbillNear threatened · only in Colombia
- Perija MetaltailNear threatened
- Hoary PufflegNear threatened
- White-tailed StarfrontletNear threatened · only in Colombia
- Little WoodstarNear threatened
- Violet-capped HummingbirdNear threatened
- Pirre HummingbirdNear threatened
- Chestnut-bellied HummingbirdNear threatened · only in Colombia
Sizes
From the Gorgeted Woodstar, 2.0 g, to the Giant Hummingbird, 20.2 g. The scale covers the whole family, from 1.9 to 20.2 g.
Visitors · 5
These species don’t breed in Colombia; they come for the winter, pass through on migration, or turn up rarely.
- Fiery-tailed Awlbill rare visitor
- Racket-tipped Thorntail uncertain
- Blue-mantled Thornbill rare visitor
- Turquoise-throated Puffleg possibly extinct here
- Snowy-bellied Hummingbird rare visitor
All 166 species
Florisuginae topazes · 2
Phaethornithinae hermits · 20
- White-tipped Sicklebill
- Buff-tailed Sicklebill
- Bronzy Hermit
- Rufous-breasted Hermit
- Band-tailed Barbthroat
- Pale-tailed Barbthroat
- White-bearded Hermit
- White-whiskered Hermit
- Green Hermit
- Tawny-bellied Hermit
- Straight-billed Hermit
- Long-billed Hermit
- Great-billed Hermit
- Pale-bellied Hermit
- Streak-throated Hermit
- Black-throated Hermit
- Stripe-throated Hermit
- Gray-chinned Hermit
- Reddish Hermit
- Sooty-capped Hermit
Polytminae mangoes · 16
- Green-fronted Lancebill
- Blue-fronted Lancebill
- White-throated Daggerbill
- Geoffroy's Daggerbill
- Sparkling Violetear
- Brown Violetear
- Lesser Violetear
- Tooth-billed Hummingbird
- Purple-crowned Fairy
- Black-eared Fairy
- White-tailed Goldenthroat
- Green-tailed Goldenthroat
- Fiery-tailed Awlbill rare visitor
- Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
- Black-throated Mango
- Green-breasted Mango
Lesbiini coquettes · 30
- Orange-throated Sunangel
- Longuemare's Sunangel
- Gorgeted Sunangel
- Tourmaline Sunangel
- Wire-crested Thorntail
- Black-bellied Thorntail
- Green Thorntail
- Racket-tipped Thorntail uncertain
- Rufous-crested Coquette
- Spangled Coquette
- Butterfly Coquette
- Ecuadorian Piedtail
- Speckled Hummingbird
- Long-tailed Sylph
- Violet-tailed Sylph
- Ecuadorian Hillstar
- Mountain Avocetbill
- Black-tailed Trainbearer
- Green-tailed Trainbearer
- Black-backed Thornbill only here
- Purple-backed Thornbill
- Blue-mantled Thornbill rare visitor
- Bronze-tailed Thornbill
- Rainbow-bearded Thornbill
- Buffy Helmetcrest only here
- Blue-bearded Helmetcrest only here
- Green-bearded Helmetcrest only here
- Perija Metaltail
- Tyrian Metaltail
- Viridian Metaltail
Heliantheini brilliants · 42
- Greenish Puffleg
- Hoary Puffleg
- Gorgeted Puffleg only here
- Glowing Puffleg
- Black-thighed Puffleg
- Turquoise-throated Puffleg possibly extinct here
- Coppery-bellied Puffleg
- Sapphire-vented Puffleg
- Golden-breasted Puffleg
- Colorful Puffleg only here
- Emerald-bellied Puffleg
- Shining Sunbeam
- Bronzy Inca
- Brown Inca
- Black Inca only here
- Collared Inca
- Green Inca
- White-tailed Starfrontlet only here
- Dusky Starfrontlet only here
- Buff-winged Starfrontlet
- Perija Starfrontlet
- Golden-bellied Starfrontlet only here
- Blue-throated Starfrontlet
- Mountain Velvetbreast
- Sword-billed Hummingbird
- Great Sapphirewing
- Buff-tailed Coronet
- Chestnut-breasted Coronet
- Velvet-purple Coronet
- White-booted Racket-tail
- Peruvian Racket-tail
- Rufous-gaped Hillstar
- Green-backed Hillstar
- Purple-bibbed Whitetip
- Rufous-vented Whitetip
- Pink-throated Brilliant
- Black-throated Brilliant
- Gould's Jewelfront
- Fawn-breasted Brilliant
- Green-crowned Brilliant
- Empress Brilliant
- Violet-fronted Brilliant
Patagoninae Patagona · 1
Lampornithini mountain gems · 2
Mellisugini bees · 7
- Amethyst Woodstar
- White-bellied Woodstar
- Little Woodstar
- Gorgeted Woodstar
- Santa Marta Woodstar only here
- Rufous-shafted Woodstar
- Purple-throated Woodstar
Trochilini emeralds · 46
- Blue-tailed Emerald
- Chiribiquete Emerald only here
- Red-billed Emerald
- Short-tailed Emerald
- Narrow-tailed Emerald
- Coppery Emerald
- Western Emerald
- Violet-headed Hummingbird
- Santa Marta Blossomcrown only here
- Tolima Blossomcrown only here
- Gray-breasted Sabrewing
- Napo Sabrewing
- Lazuline Sabrewing
- Santa Marta Sabrewing only here
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
- White-vented Plumeleteer
- Crowned Woodnymph
- Fork-tailed Woodnymph
- Violet-capped Hummingbird
- Pirre Hummingbird
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
- Buffy Hummingbird
- Many-spotted Hummingbird
- Olive-spotted Hummingbird
- Snowy-bellied Hummingbird rare visitor
- Steely-vented Hummingbird
- Indigo-capped Hummingbird only here
- Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird only here
- Green-bellied Hummingbird
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
- Andean Emerald
- Versicolored Emerald
- Shining-green Hummingbird
- Golden-tailed Sapphire
- Sapphire-throated Hummingbird
- Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird only here
- Humboldt's Sapphire
- Blue-headed Sapphire
- Glittering-throated Emerald
- Rufous-throated Sapphire
- Purple-chested Hummingbird
- Blue-chested Hummingbird
- Blue-throated Goldentail
- White-chinned Sapphire
- Violet-bellied Hummingbird
- 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.