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Anna's Hummingbird male -- Mrs. Paton's feeders, Patagonia, Arizona, USA
Photograph by Mdf. GNU Free Documentation License. |
female Anna's Hummingbird hovering
Photograph by Matthew Field. License: Free Art License. |
Anna's Hummingbird drinking from feeder in San Diego County.
Photograph by Albolar. GNU Free Documentation License. |
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ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRD FACTS
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Description
Anna's Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird with glossy green back, green sides and grey underside and a dark tail. The bill is long, thin and straight. Males have a red crown and throat. Anna's Hummingbird is the only hummingbird with a red crown. Females and juveniles have a green crown, grey throat with some red, and white tips on the tail.
Size
about 9cm
Environment
open woodland, shrubland, mountain meadows
Food
feeds on nectar from flowers using their long tongue. Also catches insects in flight. They sometimes eat tree sap.
Breeding
The female builds a large cup shaped nest in a shrub or tree. The nest is made of small twigs, lichen, moss bound with spider web, and lined with down.
Range
breeds along the Pacific coast from British Columbia to Arizona.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Apodiformes | | Family: | Trochilidae | | Genus: | Calypte | | Species: | anna | | Common Name: | Anna's Hummingbird |
Relatives in same Genus
Costa's Hummingbird (C. costae)
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