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 |
|---|---|---|
| Long-billed HermitPhaethornis longirostris (Delattre, 1843) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little HermitPhaethornis longuemareus (R. Lesson, 1832) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great-billed HermitPhaethornis malaris (Nordmann, 1835) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mexican HermitPhaethornis mexicanus Hartert, 1897 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Needle-billed HermitPhaethornis philippii (Bourcier, 1847) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Planalto HermitPhaethornis pretrei (R. Lesson & Delattre, 1839) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Reddish HermitPhaethornis ruber (Linnaeus, 1758) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Streak-throated HermitPhaethornis rupurumii Boucard, 1892 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky-throated HermitPhaethornis squalidus (Temminck, 1822) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Stripe-throated HermitPhaethornis striigularis Gould, 1854 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-browed HermitPhaethornis stuarti Hartert, 1897 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-bellied HermitPhaethornis subochraceus Todd, 1915 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Eastern Long-tailed HermitPhaethornis superciliosus (Linnaeus, 1766) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tawny-bellied HermitPhaethornis syrmatophorus Gould, 1852 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-whiskered HermitPhaethornis yaruqui (Bourcier, 1851) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Ecuadorian PiedtailPhlogophilus hemileucurus Gould, 1860 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bronze-tailed CometPolyonymus caroli (Bourcier, 1847) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-tailed GoldenthroatPolytmus guainumbi (Pallas, 1764) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Tepui GoldenthroatPolytmus milleri (Chapman, 1929) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-tailed GoldenthroatPolytmus theresiae (Da Silva Maia, 1843) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Great SapphirewingPterophanes cyanopterus (Fraser, 1840) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Saw-billed HermitRamphodon naevius (Dumont, 1818) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-backed ThornbillRamphomicron dorsale Salvin & Godman, 1880 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple-backed ThornbillRamphomicron microrhynchum (Boissonneau, 1840) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Oasis HummingbirdRhodopis vesper (R. Lesson, 1829) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hispaniolan EmeraldRiccordia swainsonii (R. Lesson, 1829) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indigo-capped HummingbirdSaucerottia cyanifrons (Bourcier, 1843) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Azure-crowned HummingbirdSaucerottia cyanocephala (R. Lesson, 1830) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Steely-vented HummingbirdSaucerottia saucerottei (Delattre & Bourcier, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Geoffroy's WedgebillSchistes geoffroyi (Bourcier, 1843) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Volcano HummingbirdSelasphorus flammula Salvin, 1865 | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus (Swainson, 1827) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Allen's HummingbirdSelasphorus sasin (R. Lesson, 1829) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scintillant HummingbirdSelasphorus scintilla (Gould, 1851) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Juan Fernandez FirecrownSephanoides fernandensis (P. P. King, 1831) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-backed FirecrownSephanoides sephaniodes (R. Lesson & Garnot, 1827) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-breasted PlovercrestStephanoxis lalandi (Vieillot, 1818) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Purple-crowned PlovercrestStephanoxis loddigesii (Vigors, 1831) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Violet-chested HummingbirdSternoclyta cyanopectus (Gould, 1846) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olive-spotted HummingbirdTalaphorus chlorocercus (Gould, 1866) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Grey-bellied CometTaphrolesbia griseiventris (Taczanowski, 1883) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Many-spotted HummingbirdTaphrospilus hypostictus (Gould, 1862) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Crowned WoodnymphThalurania colombica (Bourcier, 1843) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Fork-tailed WoodnymphThalurania furcata (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Violet-capped WoodnymphThalurania glaucopis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-tailed WoodnymphThalurania watertonii (Bourcier, 1847) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Peruvian SheartailThaumastura cora (R. Lesson & Garnot, 1827) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-tailed BarbthroatThrenetes leucurus (Linnaeus, 1766) | TrochilidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pale-tailed BarbthroatThrenetes niger (Linnaeus, 1758) | 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.