Anna's hummingbird
calypte anna latin

Unlike most hummingbirds, the male Anna's Hummingbird sings during courtship.

During cold temperatures, Anna's Hummingbirds gradually gain weight during the day as they convert sugar to fat.

Anna's Hummingbird, which can hover and fly backwards as well as forwards, is among the smallest birds in the park.

A hybrid between this species and Anna's Hummingbird was called "Trochilus" violajugulum.

Blue-gray Gnatcatchers, goldfinches, and the Anna's Hummingbird have also been seen.

Anna's Hummingbird was named in her honor by René Primevère Lesson.

Anna's Hummingbird videos on the Internet Bird Collection.

For example, fresh gorget feathers on the Anna's Hummingbird are rose red; these fade to a coppery bronzy color with age.

In summer the bright colors of the western tanager, northern oriole, calliope and Anna's hummingbirds can be seen in the woods around the meadow.

The Anna's hummingbird is an abundant year-round resident, as is the colorful western bluebird and the melodious California thrasher.

It was later determined to be a hybrid between an Anna's Hummingbird and a Black-chinned Hummingbird.

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)

Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) is a medium-sized hummingbird native to the west coast of North America.

It was later determined that the specimens were the hybrid offspring of an Anna's Hummingbird and an Allen's Hummingbird.

The outer tail-feathers of male Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) vibrate during display dives and produce a loud chirp.

A hybrid between this species and Anna's Hummingbird has been described as Floresi's Hummingbird, "Selasphorus" floresii.

Anna's Hummingbirds are found along the western coast of North America, from southern Canada to northern Baja California, and inland to southern Arizona.

(Ages 5 to 9) An engaging cycle of poems based on a journal the author kept for eight weeks when an Anna's hummingbird nested on her California patio.

Anna's hummingbirds are the only hummingbirds to spend the winter in northern climates; they are able to do this as there are enough winter flowers and food to support them.

Less obvious are the Brown Creeper, Anna's Hummingbird, Northern Flicker, Olive-sided Flycatcher and Sharp-shinned Hawk.

Sand Point provides habitat for the second richest bird habitat of any park in Seattle, with 170 species reported including Pine Siskins, Anna's Hummingbirds, and Black-capped Chickadees.

Birds in the region include the Anna's Hummingbird, Acorn Woodpecker, Northern Flicker, California Towhee, California vulture, Red-tailed Hawk and many more.

In the oak woodlands along the creek, Acorn Woodpecker, California Quail, Anna's Hummingbird, Scrub Jay, Oak Titmouse, Bushtit, Bewick's Wren, and Spotted Towhee can be found.

Among these is Rufous Hummingbird, a winter resident in Florida, parts of the Gulf coast, and up to the lowlands of coastal South Carolina/Georgia, and Anna's Hummingbird, a common resident from California inland to southern Arizona and north to southwestern coastal British Columbia.

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna)

Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) is a medium-sized hummingbird native to the west coast of North America.

The outer tail-feathers of male Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) vibrate during display dives and produce a loud chirp.