Hummingbirds of Trinidad and Tobago

19 of the world's 363 hummingbird species live in or visit Trinidad and Tobago.

See Trinidad and Tobago in the explorer

Which hummingbirds

How many species of each group live in Trinidad and Tobago, 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 mangoes5 of 30
• Lesbiini coquettes1 of 67
• Heliantheini brilliants0 of 57
• Patagoninae Patagona0 of 1
• Lampornithini mountain gems1 of 17
• Mellisugini bees2 of 37
• Trochilini emeralds6 of 113

The biggest group here is the emeralds, with 6 species. No brilliants or Patagona live here.

Compared with other countries

• Colombia166
• Ecuador133
• Peru130
• Venezuela104
• Brazil84
• Bolivia77
• Mexico59
• Panama59
• Costa Rica52
• Trinidad and Tobago19

Trinidad and Tobago is 21st of the 55 countries and territories with hummingbirds. See them all.

Red List status

• Near threatened 1
• Least concern 18

0 species here are threatened and 1 is near threatened.

• White-tailed SabrewingNear threatened

Sizes

From the Tufted Coquette, 2.3 g, to the White-tailed Sabrewing, 9.6 g. The scale covers the whole family, from 1.9 to 20.2 g.

Visitors · 2

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

• Amethyst Woodstar rare visitor
• Glittering-throated Emerald rare visitor

All 19 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.