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This list is presented in IOC taxonomic sequence and is also sortable alphabetically by common name and binomial name. Antillean crested hummingbird Orthorhyncus cristatus Black-throated mango Anthracothorax nigricollis Blue-chinned sapphire Chlorestes notata Blue-headed hummingbird Riccordia bicolor Rufous-booted racket-tail Ocreatus addae ...
Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in North America as permanent residents, summer or winter residents or visitors, or migrants.
Hummingbirds are birds of the family Trochilidae. They are split into the subfamiles Phaethornithinae (hermits) and Trochilinae (typical hummingbirds). Subcategories.
Hummingbirds can fly backwards. Hummingbirds are the only species of bird that is able to fly backwards. They do so regularly, and research has found that hummingbirds' "backward flight is ...
Hummingbirds are the smallest known and smallest living avian theropod dinosaurs. [11] [12] [13] The iridescent colors and highly specialized feathers of many species (mainly in males) give some hummingbirds exotic common names, such as sun gem, fairy, woodstar, sapphire or sylph. [14]
In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents
Blue is the range of Felinae (excluding the domestic cat), green is the range of Pantherinae. Felidae is a family of mammals in the order Carnivora, colloquially referred to as cats. A member of this family is called a felid. [1] [2] The term "cat" refers both to felids in general and specifically to domestic cats.
In fact, many of the top 10 male and female cat names last year were also list-toppers for babies. For male cats, Oliver took the number one spot, followed by Leo and Charlie. And on the ladies ...