Apodiformes (Hummingbirds, Swifts and Treeswifts)
Family: Apodidae (Swifts)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Aerodramus manuoi | Steadman, 2002 | Mangaia swiftlet | Holocene | Mangaia, Cook Islands | Extinct | Access |
| Aerodramus spodiopygius ingens | Salomonsen, 1983 | Southern Vanuatu white-rumped swiftlet, White-rumped swiftlet, Southern Vanuatu swiftlet | 1971 | Vanuatu (Anatom, Erromango & Tanna) | Missing? | Access |
| Tachornis uranoceles | Olson, 1982 | - | Late Pleistocene | Puerto Rico | Extinct | Access |
Family: Hemiprocnidae (Treeswifts)
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Amazilia alfaroana | Underwood, 1896 | Alfaro's hummingbird, Indigo-capped hummingbird, Miravalles hummingbird, Guanacaste hummingbird | 1895 | Miravalles Volcano, Costa Rica | Missing | Access |
| Amazilia distans | Wetmore & Phelps, 1956 | Táchira emerald | pre-1957 | Venezuela | Invalid (hybrid) | Access |
| Amazilia luciae | (Lawrence, 1867) | Honduran emerald | - | Honduras | Rediscovered | Access |
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Campylopterus phainopeplus |
Salvin & Godman, 1879 | Santa Marta sabrewing | (rediscovered) | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, northeastern Colombia | Rediscovered | Access |
| Chaetocercus harterti | (Simon, 1901) | Hartert's woodstar | pre-1902 | Colombia | Invalid (hybrid) | Access |
| Chalcostigma purpureicauda | Hartert, 1898 | Purple-tailed thornbill | "Bogotá" (trade skin) | Invalid (hybrid) | Access | |
| Chlorostilbon bracei | Lawrence, 1877 | Brace's emerald | July 1877 | New Providence Island, Bahamas | Extinct | Access |
| Chlorostilbon elegans | Gould, 1860 | Gould's emerald, Elegant emerald, Caribbean emerald | pre-1861 | Caribbean? | Extinct | Access |
| Coeligena orina | Wetmore, 1953 | Dusky starfrontlet | - | Colombia (north-west) | Rediscovered | Access |
| Coeligena traviesi | Mulsant & Verreaux, 1866 | Travie's inca, Lilac-spotted star-frontlet, Lilac-fronted starfrontlet, Lilac-spotted star-frontlet | pre-1867 | Colombia | Invalid (hybrid) | Access |
| Cyanomyia microrhyncha | Elliot, 1876 | Small-billed azurecrown | pre-1877 | Honduras | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
| Discosura letitiae | Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852 | Coppery thorntail | pre-1853 | Bolivia (more likely) or Brazil (less likely) | Missing | Access |
| Eriocnemis godini | Bourcier, 1851 | Turquoise-throated puffleg | 1800's (1850 or later) | Ecuador (northern) | Missing | Access |
| Eriocnemis isaacsonii | (Parzudaki, 1845) | Isaacson's puffleg | pre-1846? | "Bogotá" (trade skin) | Invalid (hybrid) | Access |
| Eriocnemis mirabilis | Meyer de Schauensee, 1967 | Colorful puffleg, Colourful puffleg | - | Colombia | Rediscovered | Access |
| Eriocnemis nigrivestis | (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1852) | Black-breasted puffleg | - | Ecuador | Rediscovered | Access |
| Eriocnemis soederstroemi | Butler, 1926 | Soderstrom's puffleg | pre-1927 | Ecuador (western) | Invalid (hybrid) | Access |
| Heliangelus squamigularis | Gould, 1871 | Olive-throated sunangel | Colombia? | Invalid (hybrid) | Access | |
| Heliangelus zusii | Graves, 1993 | Bogotá sunangel | 1909 | Colombia? | Invalid (hybrid) | Access |
| Hylocharis pyropygia | Salvin & Godman, 1881 | Flame-rumped sapphire | ? | Bahía?, Brazil | Invalid (hybrid) | Access |
| Hylonympha macrocerca | Gould, 1873 | Scissor-tailed hummingbird | (rediscovered) | Venezuela | Rediscovered | Access |
| Loddigesia mirabilis | (Bourcier, 1847) | Marvelous spatuletail, Marvelous spatuletail | - | Peru | Rediscovered | Access |
| Lophornis brachylophus | Moore, 1949 | Short-crested coquette | - | México | Rediscovered | Access |
| Neolesbia nehrkorni | (Berlepsch, 1887) | Nehrkorn's sylph | ? | Colombia | Invalid (hybrid) | Access |
| Oxypogon cyanolaemus | Salvin & Godman, 1880 | Blue-bearded helmetcrest | - | Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia | Rediscovered | Access |
| Saucerottia castaneiventris | Gould, 1856 | Chestnut-bellied hummingbird | - | Colombia | Rediscovered | Access |
| Sephanoides fernandensis leyboldi | Gould, 1870 | Alejandro Selkirk firecrown, Leybold's fire-crown | 1908 | Alejandro Selkirk Island (=Isla Alejandro Selkirk = Isla Masafuera), Chile | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
| Thalurania lerchi | Mulsant & Verreaux, 1872 | Lerch's woodnymph | ? | "Bogotá" (trade skin) | Invalid (hybrid) | Access |
| Zodalia glyceria | (Gould, 1858) | Purple-tailed comet | ? | Popayán, Colombia | Invalid (hybrid) | Access |