A relatively small bird. The male is dark brown with a bright red crown, yellow breast and orange tail. The female is plain gray-green with a whitish underside.

A very small bird. The male is olive green with a pointed orange crest, long orange black-tipped plumes around the neck and a white rump. The female carries no crest or plumes but has an orange face and breast.

The male is an iridescent green-gold bird with a reddish-bronze back and rump and a dark blue tail. The female is similar although slightly duller with a bit of white on the throat feathers.

This bird has white underparts, a coppery rump and tail with green spotting on the throat, breast and flanks .

The male vibrant blue head and breast, with green upper sides and a white belly and tail. The female is green above and white below with a gray spotted breast

The male is blue and green with black underparts and a purple tail.

The male has a green throat, black belly and breast with a purple and magenta tail. The female has a black and green midline stripe with white borders.

This bird is characterised by its long bill. The male carries a blue crown, red throat and has a silvery overall colour. The female is very similar except without the blue crown and a slightly duller throat.

This is a dark blue-green bird with a blue base and a long downcurved bill. Females have pale facial stripes while males have dark faces.

The male and female are dark green above and a reddish brown underneath with a dark crown and face. The female has a lighter throat and breast.

This is one of the smallest hummingbirds. The male is dark green above and orange below with a dark crown and face sporting a brown tail with white tips. The female is the same but with a lighter throat.

This bird is a dark brownish gray with a blue-green throat and violet coverts and neck sides.

The male has dark green-bronze underparts and a white patch on each flank. He also has an amethyst throat. The tail is dark purple with white tips. The female bears a white throat mottled with green and a white line running from the eye down to the white collar. She also has orange underparts

This small primarily green hummingbird has a darker tail and a blue throat. The female has a green underside with some white.

The male of this large green species has a purple throat and the dark green tail has white tips. The female is similar except for its gray-green underside .

The male is dark green with a violet throat and white breast band and carries a long forked tail. The female is green above and red below.

This hummingbird is greenish bronze above with green underparts. The female is paler green above and gray underneath.

The male is olive green above and yellowish green below with white tail sides. The female is paler.