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 Hummingbird 

Location

Hummingbirds are only found in the Americas. The Black-chinned Hummingbird is the commonest species in the western United States and Canada. Only the Ruby-throated Hummingbird breeds in eastern North America, but occasional members of other hummingbird species ("accidentals" in birding jargon) are seen in the east of North America, sometimes as vagrants from Cuba or the Bahamas.

Taxonomy

In the Sibley-Ahlquist taxonomy, hummingbirds are separated from the Apodiformes, which also contains the swifts, as a new hummingbird order Trochiliformes.

In Artistic Depiction

The Aztec god Huitzilopochtli is often depicted as a hummingbird.

Species

There are nearly 340 species of hummingbird.

Species list

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