Phaethornithinae
- Anopetia
- Augastes
- Colibri
- Doryfera
- Eutoxeres
- Florisuga
- Glaucis
- Phaethornis
- Ramphodon
- Schistes
- Threnetes
- Topaza
- Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus
A green hummingbird with shining violet-blue markings, it visits flowers along highland forest edges and clearings.
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
The White-necked Jacobin is a large hummingbird with a white neck band and a fan-shaped tail. It visits tropical lowland forest edges, clearings, and gardens, feeding at different heights.
- Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans
Its green plumage is marked by violet ear feathers and a blue belly patch. It guards flower-rich feeding areas, and males perform acrobatic courtship flights between trees.
- Geoffroy's Wedgebill Schistes geoffroyi
This hummingbird inhabits moist Andean forests. It has a sharply pointed bill and is reported to pierce flowers near their base to take nectar through the opening.
- Crimson Topaz Topaza pella
A brightly colored large hummingbird of lowland rainforest in northern Amazonia and the Guianan Shield.
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
This hummingbird uses its long, downcurved bill to take nectar from large flowers. It lives in forest undergrowth, often near water and nectar plants.
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
The White-tipped Sicklebill inhabits humid forests from Central America to north-western South America. Its strongly downcurved bill helps it take nectar from Heliconia flowers.
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
The Band-tailed Barbthroat has green upperparts and a banded tail. It visits flowers for nectar in humid forest and ranges from Central America to northwestern South America.
- Great-billed Hermit Phaethornis malaris
The Great-billed Hermit lives in lowland forest across much of northern South America. Its long, curved bill and elongated central tail feathers are distinctive.
- Fiery Topaz Topaza pyra
The male has a copper-colored body and long tail feathers, and differs in color and tail shape from the female. It occurs in the canopy of northern Amazonian forest.
- Needle-billed Hermit Phaethornis philippii
The Needle-billed Hermit uses lowland rainforest understory and takes nectar and small arthropods. It has a long straight bill and elongated central tail feathers tipped with white.
- Sooty-capped Hermit Phaethornis augusti
The Sooty-capped Hermit has olive plumage, strong white facial lines, and a distinctive orange-rufous rump. In Venezuela it uses forest edges and undergrowth, with records of nesting in buildings.