The Hook-Billed Hermit Hummingbird is listed under the Endangered Species Act.
The Hummingbird Society lists 28 species as endangered, with 8 listed as "Critically Endangered" (50% chance of extinction within 10 years). They are as follows:
Sapphire-bellied Hummingbird, Colourful Puffleg and Chestnut-bellied Hummingbird of Colombia
Short-crested Coquette of Mexico
Honduran Emerald of Honduras
Juan Fernández Firecrown, of the Juan Fernández Islands off Chile
Black-breasted Puffleg and Turquoise-throated Puffleg of Ecaudor
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