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Hummingbirds and Swifts
Hummingbirds and swifts are a group of birds that includes swifts, swiftlets, needletails, hummingbirds, treeswifts, sicklebills and racquet-tails. There are 424 species of hummingbirds and swifts alive today. The articles listed below provide information about the characteristics, classification and evolution of hummingbirds and swifts.
Hummingbird Pictures
Pictures of hummingbirds, including ruby-throated hummingbirds, rufous hummingbirds, Allen's hummingbirds and more.
New Hummingbird Discovered in Columbian Cloud Forests
A new species of hummingbird has been discovered in the montane cloud forests of south-west Colombian. The gorgeted puffleg is named for its brilliant, bicolor throat patch of iridescent blue and green feathers and the white tufts of feathers above its legs.