Name That Hummingbird

Hummingbird Species Sighted in the USA…

Allen’s, Anna’s, Antillean Crested Berylline, Black-chinned, Blue-throated, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Buff-bellied, Bumblebee, Calliope, Cinnamon, Costa’s, Green-breasted Mango, Green violet-ear, Lucifer, Magnificent, Plain-capped Starthroat, Ruby-throated, Rufous, Rufous-tailed, Violet-crowned, White-eared, and Xantus’

Locations of Hummingbirds Sighted in the USA…

Find the State you are interested in, then click on a hummingbird species. You’ll find lots of resources to help you identify that particular hummingbird. TIP… Instead of scrolling through all of the locations, use CONTROL + F  (place cursor at anywhere above the list, press the control key and the F key simultaneously, type in a location, and just click “next” to go right to the location). 

Alabama… Allen’s, Anna’s, Black-chinned, Blue-throated, Broad-tailed, Buff-bellied, Calliope, Green violet-ear, Magnificent, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Alaska… (no official sightings)

Arizona…Allen’s, Anna’s, Berylline,Anna’s, Blue-throated, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Bumblebee¹, Calliope, Cinnamon, Costa’s, Lucifer, Magnificent, Plain-capped Starthroat,Ruby-throated, Rufous, Violet-crowned, White-eared

Arkansas… Anna’s, Anna’s, Broad-billed, Buff-bellied, Calliope, Green violet-ear, Magnificent, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

California… Allen’s, Anna’s, Anna’s, Blue-throated, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Calliope, Costa’s, Green violet-ear, Magnificent, Ruby-throated, Rufous, Violet-crowned, Xantus’

Colorado… Anna’s, Anna’s, Blue-throated, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Calliope, Green violet-ear, Magnificent, Ruby-throated, Rufous, White-eared

Connecticut… Calliope, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Delaware… Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Florida… Anna’s, Bahamas woodstar, Anna’s, Buff-bellied, Calliope, Cuban Emerald, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Georgia… Allen’s, Anna’s Black-chinned, Broad-tailed, Magnificent, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Hawaii… (no official sightings)

Idaho… Anna’s, Anna’s, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Calliope, and Rufous

Illinois… Allen’s, Broad-billed, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Indiana… Anna’s, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Iowa… Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Kansas… Allen’s, Anna’s, Anna’s, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Buff-bellied, Calliope, Costa’s, Magnificent, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Kentucky… Allen’s, Anna’s, Calliope, Green Violet-ear, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Louisiana… Allen’s, Anna’s, Anna’s, Blue-throated, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Buff-bellied, Calliope, Green violet-ear, Magnificent, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Maine… Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Maryland… Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Massachusetts… Allen’s, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Michigan… Broad-tailed, Green violet-ear, Ruby-throated, Rufous, and White-eared

Minnesota… Anna’s, Calliope, Magnificent, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Mississippi… Allen’s, Anna’s, Anna’s, Broad-tailed, Buff-bellied, Calliope, Green violet-ear, Ruby-throated, Rufous, and White-eared

Missouri… Anna’s, Anna’s, Calliope, Green violet-ear, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Montana… Anna’s, Anna’s, Broad-tailed, Calliope, and Rufous

Nebraska… Broad-tailed, Calliope, Ruby-throated,

Nevada… Allen’s, Anna’s, Anna’s, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Calliope, Costa’s, Magnificent, Rufous, Violet-crowned

New Hampshire… Ruby-throated, and Rufous

New Jersey… Ruby-throated, and Rufus

New Mexico… Allen’s, Anna’s, Berylline, Anna’s, Blue-throated, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Bumblebee, Calliope, Cinnamon, Costa’s, Lucifer, Magnificent, Plain-capped Starthroat, Ruby-throated, Rufous, Violet-crowned, White-eared

New York… Calliope, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

North Carolina… Calliope, Green-breasted Mango, Green violet-ear, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

North Dakota… Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Ohio… Anna’s, Calliope, Green violet-ear, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Oklahoma… Anna’s, Anna’s, Broad-tailed, Calliope, Green violet-ear, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Oregon… Allen’s, Anna’s, Anna’s, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Calliope, Costa’s, and Rufous

Pennsylvania… Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Rhode Island… Ruby-throated, and Rufous

South Carolina… Green violet-ear, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

South Dakota… Broad-tailed, Calliope, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Tennessee… Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Texas… Allen’s, Anna’s, Antillean crested, Berylline, Anna’s, Blue-throated, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Buff-bellied, Calliope, Costa’s, Green-breasted Mango, Green violet-ear, Lucifer, Magnificent, Ruby-throated, Rufous, Rufous-tailed, Violet-crowned, White-eared

Utah… Anna’s, Anna’s, Blue-throated, Broad-billed, Broad-tailed, Calliope, Costa’s, Magnificent, and Rufous

Vermont… Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Virginia… Allen’s, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Washington… Anna’s, Anna’s, Calliope, and Rufous

Washington DC (District of Columbia)… Ruby-throated, and Rufous

West Virginia… Anna’s, green violet-ear, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Wisconsin… Anna’s, Green violet-ear, Ruby-throated, and Rufous

Wyoming… Anna’s, Anna’s, Broad-tailed, Calliope, Magnificent, and Rufous

¹ A single Bumblebee Hummingbird was sighted in Arizona in 1994… the poor little thing was way off-course. (And, it was definitely not a hummingbird moth)