Hummingbird Species at Risk of Extinction
Hummingbirds are the world's second largest family of birds with an estimated 328 species. Despite the
fact that they are found only in the New World (North, South, and Central America; and islands of the
Caribbean), they are a familiar subject around the globe. Yet few in the world are aware that twenty-eight (28) species, or nearly ten per cent, are threatened with extinction, according to an analysis by BirdLife International. Details on these are posted below.
| Latin
Name(s) |
Countries
Found |
Population
Range (Est.) |
Image
Link |
Details |
| English
Name(s) |
Spanish
Name(s) |
|
Critically Endangered;
50% Chance of Extinction within ten years |
| Lepidopyga lilliae |
Colombia |
50-249 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird |
Colibrí Ventrizafiro |
| Lophornis brachylophus |
Mexico |
1,000-2,499 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Short-crested Coquette |
Coquetta de Guerrero |
| Amazilia luciae (Polyerata luciae) |
Honduras |
50-249 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Honduran Emerald |
Amazilia Hondureña |
| Amazilia castaneiventris |
Colombia |
250-999 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird |
Amazilia Ventricastaña |
| Sephanoides fernandensis |
Juan Fernández Islands (Chile) |
200-400 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Juan Fernández Firecrown |
Colibrí de Juan Fernández |
| Eriocnemis nigrivestis |
Ecuador |
50-249 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Black-breasted Puffleg |
Calzadito Pechinegro |
| Eriocnemis godini |
Ecuador, Colombia |
Fewer than 50 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Turquoise-throated Puffleg |
Calzadito Turquesa |
| Eriocnemis mirabilis |
Colombia |
50-249 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Colourful Puffleg |
Calzadito Admirable |
Endangered;
20% Chance of Extinction
within 20 years |
| Campylopterus phainopeplus |
Colombia |
2,500-10,000 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Santa Marta Sabrewing |
Colibrí de Santa Marta |
| Amazilia boucardi (Polyerata boucardi) |
Costa Rica |
2,500-10,000 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Mangrove Hummingbird |
Amazilia de Manglar |
| Eupherusa cyanophrys |
Mexico |
1,000-2,499 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Blue-capped Hummingbird |
Colibrí Oaxaque |
| Coeligena prunellei |
Colombia |
1,000-2,400 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Black Inca |
Inca Negro |
| Heliangelus regalis |
Peru |
2,500-10,000 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Royal Sunangel |
Colibrí Real |
| Metallura baroni |
Ecuador |
1,000-2,499 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Violet-throated Metaltail |
Metalura de Azuay |
| Taphrolesbia griseiventris |
Peru |
250-999 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Grey-bellied Comet |
Colibrí Ventrigrís |
| Loddigesia mirabilis |
Peru |
250-999 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Marvellous Spatuletail |
Colibrí Admirable |
| Eulidia yarrellii (Myrtis yarrellii) |
Peru |
2,500-10,000 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Chilean Woodstar |
Colibrí de Arica |
| Chaetocercus berlepschi |
Ecuador |
1,000-2,499 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Esmeraldas Woodstar |
Colibrí de Esmeraldas |
| Metallura iracunda |
Colombia, Venezuela |
unknown |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Perijá Metaltail |
Metalura Iracunda |
| Glaucis dohrnii |
Brazil |
50-250 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Hook-billed Hermit |
Ermitaño de Espírito Santo |
Vulnerable;
10% Chance of Extinction within
100 years |
| Thalurania ridgwayi |
Mexico |
Fewer than 10,000 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Mexican Woodnymph |
Zafiro Mexicano |
| Amazilia tzacatl handleyi |
Panama |
unknown |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Escudo Hummingbird |
Amazilia tzacatl handleyi |
| Eupherusa poliocerca |
Mexico |
Fewer than 10,000 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| White-tailed Hummingbird |
Colibrí de Guerrero |
| Anthocephala floriceps |
Colombia |
2,500-10,000 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Blossomcrown |
Colibrí Florido |
| Hylonympha macrocerca |
Venezuela |
Fewer than 10,000 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Scissor-tailed Hummingbird |
Colibrí Tijereta |
| Aglaeactis aliciae |
Peru |
250-999 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Purple-backed Sunbeam |
Colibrí de Alicia |
| Acestura bombus |
Peru, Ecuador, Colombia |
2,500-10,000 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Little Woodstar |
Colibrí Abejorro |
| Selasphorus ardens |
Panama |
250-999 |
Image |
Birdlife Info |
| Glow-throated Hummingbird |
Colibrí Ardiente |
|
