Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna (Lesson, RP, 1829)

Spanish: Colibrí Cabeza Roja

The Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Mellisugini (bees). It weighs about 4.2 g and its bill is 20.6 mm long. It lives in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a increasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.2 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

20.6 mm

Lives in

Woodland

Moves

Some populations migrate

Red List status

Least concern, increasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Mellisugini bees
4. Genus Calypte

What Calypte share: Males have a glittering crown, and their glittering throat feathers stretch out into points at the sides.

Where it lives · 3 countries

• United States
• Canada
• Mexico

Others in the genus Calypte

• Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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