Trochilidae, with a poison-secreting spur on the upper mandible of the beak.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages] Reference

To put these numbers in perspective, consider the hummingbirds (Trochilidae).    From Wordnik.com.  [Biological diversity in the Tropical Andes] Reference

Evolution and history of hummingbirds (Aves: Trochilidae) from the Juan Fernandez Islands, Chile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Juan Fernández Islands temperate forests] Reference

Worldwide, there are more than 320 different species of hummers, all of which belong to the Trochilidae family.    From Wordnik.com.  [Did you know? Mexico is home to more than fifty hummingbird species] Reference

Most of the animals to be found in mangroves also appear elsewhere in other coastal ecosystems, and even in areas hundreds of kilometers from the coastal area, as in the case of the scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber), although some endemics have been recorded, such as the Trochilidae birds (Lepidopyga lilliae and Amazilia tzacatl) the latter being responsible for the pollination of Pelliciera in Colombia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coastal Venezuelan mangroves] Reference

America has the humming-birds (Trochilidae), and the smaller group of the sugar-birds (Caerebidae).    From Wordnik.com.  [Darwinism (1889)] Reference

In New Granada is also found the curious little snow-cap humming-bird, one of the most rare of the Trochilidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference

Professor Orton tells us that the valley of Quito swarms with those winged jewels -- of varied hue -- the Trochilidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference

The Trochilidae, although confined to one continent, promise to exceed all other families -- even the cosmopolitan finches and warblers -- in number of species.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference

The addition of many new species to the long list would, however, be a matter of small interest, unless fresh facts concerning their habits and structure were at the same time brought to light; but we can scarcely expect that the as yet unknown species will supply any link connecting the Trochilidae with other existing families of birds.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Naturalist in La Plata] Reference

(1946: 27) considered the Trochilidae, Tyrannidae, and Icteridae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birds from Coahuila, Mexico] Reference

Trochilidae.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bird lists] Reference

Trochilidae family.    From Wordnik.com.  [TaKinG thE BriM_ TooK thE BrOoM_] Reference