Members of the subfamily Trochilinae are sometimes called typical hummingbirds.

Its flight style varies from the rapid wingbeats of typical hummingbirds to slower wingbeats like those of swifts.

It is in the family Trochilidae, that of the hummingbirds, and placed within the subfamily Trochilinae, the so-called "typical hummingbirds."

There are between 325 and 340 species of hummingbird, depending on taxonomic viewpoint, divided into two subfamilies, the hermits (subfamily Phaethornithinae, 34 species in six genera), and the typical hummingbirds (subfamily Trochilinae, all the others).

Today most authorities place it at the beginning of Trochilinae.

Members of the subfamily Trochilinae are sometimes called typical hummingbirds.

Amazilia is a hummingbird genus in the subfamily Trochilinae.

The mangos, Anthracothorax, are a genus of hummingbirds in the subfamily Trochilinae.

Most Phaethornithinae species are associated with large monocotyledonous herbs, while the Trochilinae prefer dicotyledonous plant species.

Hummingbirds form the family Trochilidae, whose two subfamilies are the Phaethornithinae (hermits) and the Trochilinae.

It is in the family Trochilidae, that of the hummingbirds, and placed within the subfamily Trochilinae, the so-called "typical hummingbirds."

The Dusky Starfrontlet (Coeligena orina) is a hummingbird species in the subfamily Trochilinae.

A new species of hummingbird (Thalurania; Trochilidae, Trochilinae) from the western Colombian Andes.

The tiny white spot behind the eye, common among hummingbirds, is often not visible in this species, but the white ankle tufts, also common among the Trochilinae, are well-developed.

The Saw-billed Hermit is placed in the hermit subfamily Phaethornithinae, but among these birds, it is the species most similar to the typical humingbirds, Trochilinae (Hinkelmann, 1999).

In Ecuador, it has been reported that males gather in leks in February-May, which is unusual among members of the subfamily Trochilinae, but frequent among the members of Phaethornithinae.

This, coupled with the considerable number of autapomorphies such as the unusual bill, suggest it is the most primitive species of the hermit lineage; a situation paralleled by the equally unusual Tooth-billed Hummingbird in the Trochilinae.