Anna's Hummingbird     Calypte anna (Lesson)

Adult male Anna's Hummingbird at Victoria BC - March 3, 2003.
© Tony Markle http://tinyurl.com/ysoyo

• Medium-sized hummer, with an overall dark appearance.  In good light, the back is bright green and the underparts are dingy gray
• Broad tail is green with white tips to most of the tail feathers
• Adult male has an iridescent rose-colored crown and gorget, and a partial pale eye-ring
• Female has an overall dusky appearance

The following sources provide good descriptions of the species.

• Hummingbird Id Site:  http://home.earthlink.net/~zoiseaux/anhu.html
• Hummingbirds.net:  www.hummingbirds.net/annas.html
• Patuxent Wildlife Research Center:
  www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/id/framlst/Idtips/h4310id.html
• eNature.com  http://www.enature.com/html/guides/Annas_Hummingbird.html

Anna's Hummingbird Life History:
The following are useful sources for life history information:

• eNature.com:
  http://www.enature.com/html/guides/Annas_Hummingbird.html

Anna's Hummingbird Distribution:
The Anna's Hummingbird is a fairly common, mainly resident species, with its normal range extending from extreme southwestern British Columbia to northwestern Mexico.  Tends to wander eastward less than Selasphorus hummers, but has been recorded in many central and eastern states.  Sources for more distributional information include:

• Breeding Bird Survey Map from the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center:
  http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/htm03/ra2003_red/ra04310.htm
• National Audubon Christmas Bird Count Database:
  http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/
• Stacy Peterson's winter 2004-2005 map and database of vagrant occurrences:  http://www.trochilids.com/USA/2004annas.html

Anna's Hummingbird Images:

• Click HERE to view our Anna's Hummingbird image gallery.
• Tim Zurowski has a nice series of Anna's Hummingbird images from Vancouver Island BC.  Click HERE to view.

Anna's Hummingbird Data:

• Breeding Bird Surveys: http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/
• National Audubon Christmas Bird Count Database:
  http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/
• Stacy Peterson's winter 2004-2005 map and database of vagrant occurrences:  http://www.trochilids.com/USA/2004annas.html
• Louisiana Ornithological Society - many years of observations:  http://losbird.org/

Anna's Hummingbird Additional References:
Click HERE to view a few more references.