Hummingbirds of the United States
25 of the world's 363 hummingbird species live in or visit the United States.
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Which hummingbirds
How many species of each group live in the United States, out of all the species in that group. Bar length shows the group’s size worldwide.
The biggest group here is the bees, with 10 species.
Compared with other countries
The United States is 17th of the 55 countries and territories with hummingbirds. See them all.
Red List status
- Near threatened 1
- Least concern 24
0 species here are threatened and 1 is near threatened.
- Rufous HummingbirdNear threatened
Sizes
From the Bahama Woodstar, 2.4 g, to the Rivoli's Hummingbird, 8.0 g. The scale covers the whole family, from 1.9 to 20.2 g.
Visitors · 10
These species don’t breed in the United States; they come for the winter, pass through on migration, or turn up rarely.
- Mexican Violetear regular visitor
- Lesser Violetear rare visitor
- Green-breasted Mango regular visitor
- Plain-capped Starthroat regular visitor
- Cuban Emerald rare visitor
- White-eared Hummingbird regular visitor
- Xantus's Hummingbird rare visitor
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird rare visitor
- Berylline Hummingbird regular visitor
- Cinnamon Hummingbird rare visitor
All 25 species
Polytminae mangoes · 3
- Mexican Violetear regular visitor
- Lesser Violetear rare visitor
- Green-breasted Mango regular visitor
Lampornithini mountain gems · 3
Mellisugini bees · 10
- Lucifer Hummingbird
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Bahama Woodstar
- Anna's Hummingbird
- Costa's Hummingbird
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Rufous Hummingbird
- Allen's Hummingbird
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Trochilini emeralds · 9
- Cuban Emerald rare visitor
- Broad-billed Hummingbird
- White-eared Hummingbird regular visitor
- Xantus's Hummingbird rare visitor
- Antillean Crested Hummingbird rare visitor
- Violet-crowned Hummingbird
- Berylline Hummingbird regular visitor
- Cinnamon Hummingbird rare visitor
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird
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.