Hummingbirds of Canada
13 of the world's 363 hummingbird species live in or visit Canada.
Which hummingbirds
How many species of each group live in Canada, out of all the species in that group. Bar length shows the group’s size worldwide.
The biggest group here is the bees, with 8 species.
Compared with other countries
Canada is 22nd of the 55 countries and territories with hummingbirds. See them all.
Red List status
- Near threatened 1
- Least concern 12
0 species here are threatened and 1 is near threatened.
- Rufous HummingbirdNear threatened
Sizes
From the Calliope Hummingbird, 2.6 g, to the Mexican Violetear, 5.9 g. The scale covers the whole family, from 1.9 to 20.2 g.
Visitors · 8
These species don’t breed in Canada; they come for the winter, pass through on migration, or turn up rarely.
- Mexican Violetear rare visitor
- Lesser Violetear rare visitor
- Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem rare visitor
- Costa's Hummingbird rare visitor
- Allen's Hummingbird rare visitor
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird rare visitor
- Broad-billed Hummingbird rare visitor
- Xantus's Hummingbird rare visitor
All 13 species
Polytminae mangoes · 2
- Mexican Violetear rare visitor
- Lesser Violetear rare visitor
Lampornithini mountain gems · 1
- Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem rare visitor
Mellisugini bees · 8
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Anna's Hummingbird
- Costa's Hummingbird rare visitor
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Allen's Hummingbird rare visitor
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird rare visitor
Trochilini emeralds · 2
- Broad-billed Hummingbird rare visitor
- Xantus's Hummingbird rare visitor
Sources
Countries and how each species uses them: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. The count includes every species on the country’s list, as the explorer’s map does. Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Red List status: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.