Legend has it that when a hummingbird appears in a garden, it tells us that the souls of those we love are doing well.
The hummingbirds found on this Field guide are:
- White-necked jacobin – Florisuga mellivora
- Crowned-Woodnymph Hummingbird – Thalurania colombica
- Hermit (hummingbird) – Phaethornithinae
- White-tailed emerald – Elvira chionura
- Coppery-headed emerald -Elvira cupreiceps
- Rufous-crested coquette – Lophornis delattrei
- Purple-throated mountaingem – Lampornis calolaemus
- Long-billed starthroat – Heliomaster longirostris
- Purple-crowned fairy – Heliothryx barroti
- Scintillant hummingbird – Selasphorus scintilla
- Volcano hummingbird – Selasphorus flammula
- Violet sabrewing – Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Rufous-tailed hummingbird – Amazilia tzacatl
- Cinnamon hummingbird – Amazilia rutila
- Green thorntail – Discosura conversii
