ABC's Bird Library

Search our 400+ comprehensive bird species profiles to learn about the natural history and conservation issues facing birds throughout the Americas.

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Sword-billed Hummingbird by David Fisher, Neotropical Bird Club
  • Population: Unknown
  • Trend:  Stable
  • Population: 34 million
  • Trend:  Increasing
Allen's Hummingbird. Photo by Greg Homel, Natural Elements Productions.
  • Population: 700,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Anna’s Hummingbird by Keneva Photography, Shutterstock
  • Population: 5 million
  • Trend:  Stable
Rufous Hummingbird_punkbirdr, Shutterstock
  • Population: 19 million
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Swallow-tailed Hummingbird, Bertrando Campos
  • Population: Unknown, considered common
  • Trend:  Unknown
Violet-crowned Hummingbird_Greg Homel
  • Population: 2 million (estimated)
  • Trend:  Unknown
Broad-billed Hummingbird by Greg Homel, Natural Elements Productions
  • Population: Approximately 2 million
  • Trend:  Increasing
Calliope Hummingbird, Tim Zurowski, Shutterstock
  • Population: 4.5 million
  • Trend:  Stable
Costa's Hummingbird by Greg Homel, Natural Elements Productions
  • Population: 3 million
  • Trend:  Stable
  • Population: Unknown
  • Trend:  Unknown
Mangrove Hummingbird by Avalon.red/Alamy Stock Photo
  • Population: 1,500 - 7,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Collared Inca, Larry Thompson
  • Population: Unknown
  • Trend:  Decreasing
  • Population: Unknown, but considered common
  • Trend:  Stable
A long-billed starthroat flying
  • Population: ~500,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
  • Population: 490-2,000
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Green-breasted Mango by Ana Paula Oxom, Macaulay Library at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology
  • Population: 500,000 – 5 million
  • Trend:  Probably declining based on habitat loss
Gray-bellied Comet, Jacques Erard
  • Population: 250 - 1,000 individuals
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Marvelous Spatuletail
  • Population: 250-999 adults
  • Trend:  Decreasing
Long-tailed Woodnymph, Stephen Jones
  • Population: 1,000 - 2,500
  • Trend:  Decreasing

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