Hummingbirds of Peru

130 of the world's 363 hummingbird species live in or visit Peru, and 13 of them are found nowhere else on Earth. Only Colombia, Brazil and Mexico have more species of their own.

See Peru in the explorer

Which hummingbirds

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

• Florisuginae topazes2 of 4
• Phaethornithinae hermits17 of 37
• Polytminae mangoes12 of 30
• Lesbiini coquettes33 of 67
• Heliantheini brilliants30 of 57
• Patagoninae Patagona1 of 1
• Lampornithini mountain gems2 of 17
• Mellisugini bees8 of 37
• Trochilini emeralds25 of 113

The biggest group here is the coquettes, with 33 species.

Compared with other countries

• Colombia166
• Ecuador133
• Peru130
• Venezuela104
• Brazil84
• Bolivia77
• Mexico59
• Panama59
• Costa Rica52
• Honduras42

Peru is 3rd of the 55 countries and territories with hummingbirds. See them all.

Found only in Peru · 13

• Koepcke's HermitLeast concernJay Warburton · CC BY-SA 3.0
• Peruvian PiedtailLeast concernChristoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
• Bronze-tailed CometLeast concernthibaudaronson · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Gray-bellied CometEndangeredthibaudaronson · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Black-breasted HillstarLeast concernthibaudaronson · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Bearded MountaineerLeast concernthibaudaronson · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Coppery MetaltailLeast concernThibaud Aronson · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Fire-throated MetaltailLeast concernDavid F. Belmonte · CC BY 4.0
• Black MetaltailLeast concernthibaudaronson · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Marvelous SpatuletailNear threatenedDon Wellmann · CC0
• White-tufted SunbeamNear threatenedthibaudaronson · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Purple-backed SunbeamVulnerableThibaud Aronson · CC BY-SA 4.0
• Green-and-white HummingbirdLeast concernTonyCastro · CC BY-SA 4.0

Red List status

• Critically endangered 1
• Endangered 1
• Vulnerable 1
• Near threatened 4
• Least concern 123

3 species here are threatened and 4 are near threatened; 4 of them live only in Peru.

• Chilean WoodstarCritically endangered
• Gray-bellied CometEndangered · only in Peru
• Purple-backed SunbeamVulnerable · only in Peru
• Royal SunangelNear threatened
• Marvelous SpatuletailNear threatened · only in Peru
• White-tufted SunbeamNear threatened · only in Peru
• Little WoodstarNear threatened

Sizes

From the Peruvian Sheartail, 1.9 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 Peru; they come for the winter, pass through on migration, or turn up rarely.

• Purple-crowned Fairy rare visitor
• Red-tailed Comet uncertain
• Blue-tufted Starthroat rare visitor
• Chilean Woodstar possibly extinct here
• White-throated Hummingbird rare visitor

All 130 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.