Editing Hummingbird (section)

== Range ==
{{See also|List of Apodiformes by population}}
Hummingbirds are restricted to the Americas from south central Alaska to [[Tierra del Fuego]], including the Caribbean. The majority of species occur in tropical and subtropical Central and South America, but several species also breed in temperate climates and some [[hillstar]]s occur even in alpine Andean highlands at altitudes up to {{Convert|5200|m|ft|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite book|isbn=84-87334-25-3 |last1=Fjeldså|first1=J.|first2=I.|last2=Heynen |year=1999|title=Genus Oreotrochilus. In: del Hoyo, J., A. Elliott, & J. Sargatal. eds. (1999). ''[[Handbook of the Birds of the World]].'' Vol. 5. Barn-owls to Hummingbirds. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona|pages=623–624 |publisher=Lynx Edicions }}</ref>

The greatest [[species richness]] is in humid tropical and subtropical forests of the northern Andes and adjacent foothills, but the number of species found in the [[Atlantic Forest]], Central America or southern [[Mexico]] also far exceeds the number found in southern South America, the Caribbean islands, the United States, and Canada. While fewer than 25 different species of hummingbirds have been recorded from the United States and fewer than 10 from Canada and [[Chile]] each,<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jaramillo |first1=A. |author2=Barros, R. |title=Species lists of birds for South American countries and territories: Chile. |url=http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCListByCountry.xls |year=2010}}</ref> [[Colombia]] alone has more than 160<ref>{{cite web |last1=Salaman |first1=P. |author2=Donegan, T. |author3=Caro, D. |title=Checklist to the Birds of Colombia 2009. |url=http://www.proaves.org/IMG/pdf/Aves_de_Colombia_2009-2.pdf |website=Conservation Colombiana |year=2009 |volume=8 |publisher=[[Fundación ProAves]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090824105022/http://www.proaves.org/IMG/pdf/Aves_de_Colombia_2009-2.pdf |archive-date=2009-08-24}}</ref> and the comparably small [[Ecuador]] has about 130 species.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Freile |first1=J. |title=Species lists of birds for South American countries and territories: Ecuador. |url=http://www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCListByCountry.xls |year=2009}}</ref>