A hummingbird of South America.

Originally: any of various brightly-coloured or iridescent hummingbirds native to South America. In later use spec.: any of the South American…

(a) North American. Harlan's hawk, now regarded as a red-tailed hawk of the subspecies Buteo jamaicensis harlani (now historical); †(b) a…

(a) a hummingbird of genus Phaëthornis; (b) a South American Halcyonide bird of genus Monasa, a nun-bird.

A hummingbird native to western North America, Calypte anna, the male of which has a pinkish-red head and throat.

A hummingbird of the genus Heliothrix, having neck-feathers resembling a hood.

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a very small hummingbird with grey and green plumage, Mellisuga minima, native to the Caribbean.

a bird with a wedge-shaped bill, as (a) the Australian Sphenostoma cristatum; (b) a South American hummingbird of the genus Schistes.

a large South American hummingbird, Topaza pyra, the male of which has metallic orange and red plumage on the back and belly.

(more fully horned sungem) a hummingbird native to Brazil, Bolivia, and Suriname, Heliactin bilophus, which has bronze-green upperparts, white…

a name for several species of hummingbirds, as those of the genus Calothorax and the Bahama sheartail, Doricha evelynæ.

A very small North American hummingbird, Stellula calliope, which migrates to Central America in winter; = calliope hummingbird n. at compounds 2.

Any of several South American hummingbirds of the genus Coeligena; spec. (more fully Andean rainbow) = rainbow starfrontlet n. at compounds 3.

a hummingbird of the genus Campylopterus (and related genera).

A name applied to various birds with serrated bills. A hummingbird of the genus Rhamphodon (also sawbill hummingbird).

Applied to various animals having a forked tail. A hummingbird of the genus Eupetomena.

a South American hummingbird, Docimastes ensiferus, with a very long bill.

(a) a hummingbird of the South American genus Rhamphomicron; (b) any of several small warblers of the genus Acanthiza or a closely related genus…

a Brazilian bird having head-feathers arranged like a visor.

A South American hummingbird of the genus Oxypogon.

Name for certain species of hummingbird, esp. of the genus Thalurania (Gould).

any of various South American hummingbirds of the genera Eriocnemis and Haplophaedia, which are characterized by a prominent tuft of white down…

a very small North American hummingbird, Stellula calliope, which migrates to Central America in winter.

a book-name for the genus Selasphorus of hummingbirds, characterized by the great brilliancy of the gorgets of the males.

(a) dialect a name for the Common Tern (Sterna fluviatilis); (b) a Peruvian bird (Thaumastura cora).

A racket-tailed hummingbird of the former genus Platurus, which included the racket-tailed coquette, Discosura longicaudus, found from Venezuela to…

a hummingbird, Coeligena iris, which has mainly greenish and chestnut plumage with colourful iridescent patches on the crown and breast, occurring…