Bird Encyclopedia
Search and identify 1,000+ birds — with size, habitat, diet, voice, behavior, and the field marks that tell them apart.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
The only hummingbird that regularly breeds in eastern North America, with males showing a brilliant iridescent ruby-red throat that can flash black in poor light.
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Rufous Hummingbird
A feisty, highly aggressive, copper-colored hummingbird known for its incredible long-distance migration and fiery iridescent throat.
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Allen's Hummingbird
A fiery, copper-and-green jewel of the Pacific coast, celebrated for the male's glowing orange throat and spectacular pendulum aerial dives.
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Blue-throated Mountain-gem
One of North America's largest hummingbirds, renowned for its brilliant blue throat, bold facial stripes, and loud, squeaky calls.
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Rivoli's Hummingbird
One of the largest hummingbirds in North America, Rivoli's Hummingbird dazzles with its towering size, deep purple crown, and brilliant emerald throat.
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Anna's Hummingbird
A common, non-migratory West Coast hummingbird whose males flash an iridescent rose-pink crown and throat and perform a spectacular, chirping high-speed dive display.
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Calliope Hummingbird
The smallest bird in North America north of Mexico, famous for the male's spectacular magenta-striped throat and its remarkable high-altitude migration.
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Broad-billed Hummingbird
A vibrant southwestern hummingbird famed for the male's striking blue-violet throat and brilliant red, black-tipped bill.
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Buff-bellied Hummingbird
A large, semi-tropical hummingbird recognized by its brilliant green throat, warm buff belly, and striking red-and-black bill.
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Black-chinned Hummingbird
A highly adaptable western hummingbird famous for the male's velvet-black throat and glittering violet collar, often seen pumping its tail while feeding.
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Broad-tailed Hummingbird
A montane bird of western peaks, famous for the male's rose-magenta throat and a loud, metallic wing trill heard in flight.
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Costa's Hummingbird
A desert-dwelling hummingbird renowned for the male's dramatic mustache-like violet gorget and piercing, high-pitched dive-bombing displays.
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Lucifer Hummingbird
A striking desert hummingbird known for the male's brilliant magenta-purple gorget, deeply forked tail, and distinctly curved bill.
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