THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Trochilidae · Clear filter
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Blue-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon mellisugus (Linnaeus, 1758) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chiribiquete EmeraldChlorostilbon olivaresi Stiles, 1996 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon poortmani (Bourcier, 1843) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coppery EmeraldChlorostilbon russatus (Salvin & Godman, 1881) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Narrow-tailed EmeraldChlorostilbon stenurus (Cabanis & Heine, 1860) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ruby TopazChrysolampis mosquitus (Linnaeus, 1758) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-chested EmeraldChrysuronia brevirostris (R. Lesson, 1829) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Shining-green HummingbirdChrysuronia goudoti (Bourcier, 1843) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Humboldt's SapphireChrysuronia humboldtii (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Plain-bellied EmeraldChrysuronia leucogaster (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-tailed SapphireChrysuronia oenone (R. Lesson, 1832) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brazilian RubyClytolaema rubricauda (Boddaert, 1783) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-bellied StarfrontletCoeligena bonapartei (Boissonneau, 1840) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed StarfrontletCoeligena phalerata (Bangs, 1898) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black IncaCoeligena prunellei (Bourcier, 1843) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Collared IncaCoeligena torquata (Boissonneau, 1840) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Violet-throated StarfrontletCoeligena violifer (Gould, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown IncaCoeligena wilsoni (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Brown Violet-earColibri delphinae (R. Lesson, 1839) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-vented VioletearColibri serrirostris (Vieillot, 1816) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green Violet-earColibri thalassinus (Swainson, 1827) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Canivet's EmeraldCynanthus canivetii (R. Lesson, 1832) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Doubleday's HummingbirdCynanthus doubledayi (Bourcier, 1847) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cozumel EmeraldCynanthus forficatus (Ridgway, 1885) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Racket-tailed CoquetteDiscosura longicaudus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Wire-crested ThorntailDiscosura popelairii (Du Bus de Gisignies, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mexican SheartailDoricha eliza (R. Lesson & Delattre, 1839) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Slender SheartailDoricha enicura (Vieillot, 1818) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-fronted LancebillDoryfera johannae (Bourcier, 1847) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-bellied HummingbirdElliotomyia chionogaster (Tschudi, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sword-billed HummingbirdEnsifera ensifera (Boissonneau, 1840) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coppery-bellied PufflegEriocnemis cupreoventris (Fraser, 1840) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-thighed PufflegEriocnemis derbyi (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-capped PufflegEriocnemis glaucopoides (d'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1838) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Turquoise-throated PufflegEriocnemis godini (Bourcier, 1851) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gorgeted PufflegEriocnemis isabellae Cortés-Diago, Ortega, Mazariegos-Hurtado & Weller, 2007 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sapphire-vented PufflegEriocnemis luciani (Bourcier, 1847) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Colorful PufflegEriocnemis mirabilis Meyer de Schauensee, 1967 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Golden-breasted PufflegEriocnemis mosquera (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-breasted PufflegEriocnemis nigrivestis (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Glowing PufflegEriocnemis vestita (R. Lesson, 1839) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Magnificent HummingbirdEugenes fulgens (Swainson, 1827) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple-throated CaribEulampis jugularis (Linnaeus, 1766) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sombre HummingbirdEupetomena cirrochloris (Vieillot, 1818) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Swallow-tailed HummingbirdEupetomena macroura (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-capped HummingbirdEupherusa cyanophrys J. S. Rowley & Orr, 1964 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximia (Delattre, 1843) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bellied HummingbirdEupherusa nigriventris Lawrence, 1868 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa poliocerca D. G. Elliot, 1871 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mexican WoodnymphEupherusa ridgwayi (Nelson, 1900) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.