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Anna's Hummingbird

Calypte anna

Photo by CynthiaMHori
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Field Notes

Description:

Tail slightly rounded to double-rounded. Adult male: rose (fresh) to orange-red (worn) gorget and crown. Adult female: throat and underparts spotted and mottled dusky to bronzy green, median throat blotched rose-red. Immature male: resembles adult female but upperparts fresher in February to June, with fine buff tips; throat and crown usually with more scattered rose spots; white tail tips narrower. Complete summer molt produces plumage like adult male by late fall. Immature female: resembles adult female but upperparts fresher in February to June; throat often lacks rose spots.

Habitat:

Western North America to northern Mexico.

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