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Allen's Hummingbird - male Found in both Canada and the USA. Click on the image to learn all about the Allen's Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Anna's Hummingbird - male Found in both Canada and the USA. Click on the image to learn all about the Anna's Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Black-Chinned Hummingbird - male Found in both Canada and the USA. Click on the image to learn all about the Black-Chinned Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Blue-Throated Hummingbird - male Found in the USA (not in Canada). Click on the image to learn all about the Blue-Throated Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Broad-Billed Hummingbird - Male Found in both Canada and the USA. Click on the image to learn all about the Broad-Billed Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Broad-Tailed Hummingbird - male Found in both Canada and the USA. Click on the image to learn all about the Broad-Tailed Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Buff-Bellied Hummingbird - male Found in the USA (not in Canada). Click on the image to learn all about the Buff-Bellied Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Calliope Hummingbird - male Found in both Canada and the USA. Click on the image to learn all about the Calliope Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Costa's Hummingbird - male Found in both Canada and the USA. Click on the image to learn all about the Costa's Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Lucifer Hummingbird - male Found in the USA (not in Canada). Click on the image to learn all about the Lucifer Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Magnificent Hummingbird - male Found in the USA (not in Canada). Click on the image to learn all about the Magnificent Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Ruby-Throated Hummingbird - male Found in both Canada and the USA. Click on the image to learn all about the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Rufous Hummingbird - male Found in both Canada and the USA. Click on the image to learn all about the Rufous Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) Violet-Crowned Hummingbird - male Found in the USA (not in Canada). Click on the image to learn all about the Violet-Crowned-Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) White-Eared Hummingbird - male Found in the USA (not in Canada). Click on the image to learn all about the White-Eared Hummingbird. (Opens in a new window.) |
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My wife and I just watched two of the smallest hummingbirds we’ve ever seen in our bed of New Golden Lantana. We live in Kingwood, TX just north of Houston. The larger of the two (about 1 1/2 inches, at most) was nearly all black and had a white stripe around his body just above where the tail would start. The smaller one (maybe an inch) appeared to be brownish black and two white stripes in the same location. The white stripes on the smaller one were only half as wide as the stripe on the larger bird. I’ve looked in several websites but have not seen anything that looks even close. We were standing and watching them from not more than 3 feet and mistook them initially as bumblebees. We watched for a good 5 minutes and they did not appear to be even slightly harried by our presence. Does anyone here know what species these might be? Thank you
Hi Chris,
Even allowing for a couple of tiny Bee Hummingbirds straying from Cuba, the markings don’t match. Bee hummingbirds have white dots on their tails and no stripes on their backs.
My best guess is that you’ve been watching one of the clearwing moths… often called hummingbird moths.
Hope this helps…
I don’t know what you have seen, but I have a similar question. Two years in a row now I have seen hummingbirds in my garden in Southwest Michigan, on the butterfly bushes, that I initially thought were unusual and large bees.
I have looked all over and can’t find a description to match. I initally thought it was an Allens, based on one picture on this website, but what I have seen in my garden is only 1 – 1.5 inches long.
Can any of you help Bernadette???
Thi evening earlier, I saw what seemed like a giant bee at first, until I looked closer It was a hummingbird. I saw it’s long sleak beak, and it had either yellow, or white and black stripes though it’s body. It was just a tad bit larger than my thumb, anyway I’ve seen hummingbirds before, but what surprised me is that I live in SOuth Dakota, and I normaly don’t see any up here. Anyway it buzzed around my mother’s flower garden eating the nectar, or whatever it does with it. Anyway it thought it was just a pretty sight to behold, as it was flying around, my mother took about a thousand pictures of it. While I just stared at it. anyway thought it was an interesting thing to share.
Does anyone have an answer for Caleb? Maybe he can send an image or two (thru “contact us”), so we can post them.
In fact, since there have been a few comments/inquiries on this topic, we’re considering adding a section about hummingbird moths… what do you think?
Just comment below…