There are 338 known species of hummingbirds.  The Andes Mountains have 140 species of hummingbirds.  Hummingbirds feed on nectar  They can hover and fly backwards and are among the smallest birds.  They are extraordinary and beautiful.

Hummingbirds

Magnificent Hummingbird

San Gerardo de Dota

Costa Rica

Collared Inca

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

Booted Racket-tail

Tandayapa

Ecuador

Collared Incas

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

Collared Inca

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

Green Thorntail

Milpe

Ecuador

Long-tailed Sylph

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Tandayapa

Ecuador

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Tandayapa

Ecuador

White-necked Jacobin

Milpe

Ecuador

Andean Emerald

Tandayapa

Ecuador

Buff-tailed Coronet

Tandayapa

Ecuador

Fawn-breasted Brilliant

Tandayapa

Ecuador

Volcano Hummingbird

San Gerardo de Dota

Costa Rica

Giant Hummingbird

Antisana

Ecuador

Purple-throated Woodstar

Tandayapa

Ecuador

Shining Sunbeam

Antisana

Ecuador

Sparkling Violetear

Quito

Ecuador

Tourmaline Sunangel

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

Western Emerald

Tandayapa

Ecuador

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

Frontera Audubon Society

Texas

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Belize Zoo

Belize

Magnificent Hummingbird

San Gerardo de Dota

Costa Rica

Booted Racket-tail

Tandayapa

Ecuador

Chestnut-breasted Coronet

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

Collared Inca

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

Green-crowned Brilliant

Milpe

Ecuador

Long-tailed Sylph

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Tandayapa

Ecuador

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

Sword-billed Hummingbird

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

White-necked Jacobin

Milpe

Ecuador

Andean Emerald

Tandayapa

Ecuador

Buff-tailed Coronet

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

Fawn-breasted Brilliant Tandayapa

Ecuador

Green-crowned Woodnymph Milpe

Ecuador

Giant Hummingbird

Antisana

Ecuador

Purple-throated Woodstar

Tandayapa

Ecuador

Speckled Hummingbird

San Isidro

Ecuador

Sparkling Viotetears

Antisana

Ecuador

Tourmaline Sunangel

Guango Lodge

Ecuador

Western Emerald

Tandayapa

Ecuador

Green Violetear

San Gerardo de Dota

Costa Rica

White-throated Mountain-gem

San Gerardo de Dota

Costa Rica