Yes, Hummingbirds sing! While some subspecies of Hummingbirds are more vocal than others, some species of Hummingbirds in North America sing. Anna's Hummingbird, for instance, has an unmistakable...
Category: Species
Recorded as the largest Hummingbird in the world is the Giant Hummingbird (Patagona gigas). Like its Hummingbird cousins, it is a subspecies of the Trochilidae family. It weighs around 24 grams (or...
Trochilini is part of the subfamily Trochilinae, descendant of the umbrella hummingbird family known entirely as the Trochilidae. Alongside, the Trochilini (emeralds) tribe, are the Lampornithini...
The Lampornithini tribe is informally called the "mountain gems," the reason for that is almost half of the species of hummingbirds in this tribe have the word "mountain gem" in their name....
There are several dangers hummingbirds face from in their natural habitats like attacks from other wildlife, and illness from diseases. Preventable hazards include pesticide ridden plant-life,...
The subfamily Lesbiinae contains two tribes: Lesbiini and Heliantheini. The Lesbiini tribe has 18 genera and a total of 67 species. This species of hummingbirds are commonly referred to as the...