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Hummingbirds

23 Bird Species

Allen's Hummingbird

This small hummingbird, nearly identical to Rufous Hummingbird, is limited to the West Coast. Best identified by male’s display flight. Male: Rusty-orange, with a bronze-green crown and back. The gorget is coppery-red and elongated at the sides. The upper breast is white, while the belly and sides more...

Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 12 cm

Anna's Hummingbird

This stocky hummingbird is a year-round resident along the West Coast. The bill is short and straight, and fairly stout. Male: Bronzy-green upperparts, gray-green below. The gorget and entire crown are rose-red to hot pink. In certain light, entire head may appear dark with light eye-ring. The tail i more...

Length: 9 cm Wingspan: 12 cm

Bahama Woodstar

Relatively small hummingbird with green upperparts, buffy underparts, and a partial white collar. Forked, rufous tail with black or green edges distinctive. Bill slightly curved. Male is iridescent green above with a magenta-pink gorget and rufous underparts with a greenish wash on flanks. Female gre more...

Length: 9 cm Wingspan: 12 cm

Berylline Hummingbird

This species is rare but annual in Southeast Arizona. The upper mandible is black, while the lower mandible is reddish-orange at the base and black at the tip. The tail is square. Male: Upperparts and breast dark green, sometimes with turquoise cast to the throat. Belly is dark gray. The rump and ta more...

Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 13 cm

Black-chinned Hummingbird

This species is very similar in appearance to Ruby-throated Hummingbird. In all plumages, note the fairly long and slightly decurved bill, the dull crown, and the wide club-shaped outer primaries. Male: Emerald green above. The underparts are dull white with gray-green sides and flanks forming a dark more...

Length: 9 cm Wingspan: 10 cm

Blue-throated Hummingbird

This species is one of the largest hummingbirds found in North America. Sexes are similar, except for male’s cobalt-blue gorget. The all-black bill is proportionally short, while the tail is very long. The crown and back are green, darkening to bronze on the rump and dark gray on the uppertail cove more...

Length: 13 cm Wingspan: 18 cm

Broad-billed Hummingbird

The bill of this species is reddish with a black tip, fairly long, and slightly decurved. The crown usually appears flat. Male: Deep blue gorget blends into metallic green underparts. Undertail coverts are pale gray. Upperparts are bronzy-green. The tail is blue-black with gray tip, and is deeply not more...

Length: 8 cm Wingspan: 13 cm

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

This is the common hummingbird of mountain meadows throughout much of the West. In all plumages, the tail is broad and quite long, extending well beyond the wingtips at rest. At close range, note the pale eye ring. Male: Emerald green upperparts. The gorget is rose-red and contrasts sharply with the more...

Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 13 cm

Buff-bellied Hummingbird

This species is resident in South Texas. The bill is reddish with a dark tip. Male: Upperparts, throat, and breast dark metallic green. The belly is a rich buff color. The notched tail is cinnamon with green at the tips. The wings are dusky. Females resemble males, but with less intense green on the more...

Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 14 cm

Bumblebee Hummingbird

Tiny hummingbird with short bill. Wingtips project past tail tip on perched birds. Adult male: Green crown, back and rump. Green wing coverts and dark wingtips. White face, throat and underparts. Bright magenta-purple gorget and smudgy cinnamon flanks. Black tail feathers with orange bases and white more...

Length: 7 cm Wingspan: 10 cm

Calliope Hummingbird

This species is the smallest of all the regularly occurring hummingbirds in the U.S. It is recognized by its short straight bill, short tail, and, at very close range, by its unique spade-shaped central tail feathers. At rest, the wingtips extend beyond the tail. Male: Green upperparts, white underpa more...

Length: 7 cm Wingspan: 11 cm

Cinnamon Hummingbird

Relatively large hummingbird that is mostly green above and rich cinnamon-orange below. Adult: Green cap and face. Dark eye and medium-length bright red, black-tipped bill. Green back and wing coverts. Green rump blending with cinnamon-rufous upper tail coverts. Dark wingtips. Bright cinnamon throat more...

Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 13 cm

Costa's Hummingbird

This small short-tailed species is mostly limited to the Desert Southwest. The bill is thin and slightly decurved. Male: Upperparts green. Breast whitish with green sides. The white of the breast wraps around the sides of the neck. The gorget and crown are a rich purple color, with a white line over more...

Length: 9 cm Wingspan: 11 cm

Green Violet-ear

This extremely large hummingbird is dark green overall with a slightly decurved bill. Sexes similar. Violet patches on auriculars, chin, and breast. Undertail coverts washed with buff. The tail is dark blue-green with a dusky subterminal band. Juveniles are paler, with less violet. more...

Length: 10 cm Wingspan: 13 cm

Green-breasted Mango

This rare visitor from Mexico is recognized by its thick decurved bill and purple tail. Male: Dark green overall, with a black throat blending into the blue-green breast. All but the central tail feathers are purple with black edging. Female: Green on upperparts and sides. White underparts are bisect more...

Length: 11 cm Wingspan: 13 cm

Lucifer Hummingbird

This hummingbird is recognized by its long decurved bill and long tail. Though fairly small overall, this species appears proportionally large-headed and long-necked. Male: Upperparts are green. The black tail is deeply forked, but is usually folded to a sharp point on perched birds. The gorget is re more...

Length: 9 cm Wingspan: 11 cm

Non-vegetated Areas

0 species

Salt Water

1 species

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

Coastal Dunes, Suburban/residential Landscapes, Alpine Tundra and Meadows, Clearcuts, Western Confierous Forest, Streamside Gallery Forest and Riparia

Human-altered Areas

9 species