#trochilidae

[herpsandbirds]

Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata), male, family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes, Costa Rica

photograph by Cayce Jehaimi

[spinus-pinus]

Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin

3/15/2024 Orange County, California

[birds-that-screm]

White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila)

© Pablo Ortega

[best-bird-tournament]

Hummingbird (Trochilidae) family

Which is the best bird?

Southern giant hummingbird

Sword-billed hummingbird

Ruby-topaz hummingbird

Fiery-throated hummingbird

Green hermit

Spangled coquette

Bee hummingbird

White-necked jacobin

Voting ended onDec 23, 2025

[cashmerecrow]

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[fullfrontalbirds]

Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)

© Ruslan Balagansky

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

January Endangered birds 3 (#62) - the Short-crested Coquette (CR)

[Male depicted]

This hummingbird has only been found on a single road in southern Mexico. And not even the entire road - just 25km of it!

Are there more hidden in the mountains nearby? We don't really know. Until more are found, they are listed as Critically Endangered, just in case. The population is probably less than 1,500 and declining, especially since there is continual habitat loss in the area.

[lazer-t]

Crimson Topaz for a $15 Ko-fi supporter

Crimson Topaz (Topaza pella) hummingbirds construct deep bowl-shaped nests out of gathered Bombax seeds and spiderwebs. They lay a clutch consisting of 2 elongated white eggs. (x, x)