Breeding Location:
Bushes, shrubs, and thickets, Desert, Desert, semi, Streams, upland, Scrub vegetation areas
Breeding Type:
Polygamous, Solitary nester
Breeding Population:
Increasing, Abundant
Egg Color:
White
Number of Eggs:
1 - 3
Incubation Days:
14 - 19
Egg Incubator:
Female
Nest Material:
Plant down bound with spider silk and lined with plant down or feathers.
Migration:
Nonmigratory
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Overview
Anna's Hummingbird: Medium hummingbird; male has bronze-green upperparts, dull gray underparts. Hood and throat are iridescent red, may appear black or dark purple in low light; broken white eye-ring is usually visible. Tail is dark green with black outer tail feathers. Feeds on nectar, insects, spiders, and sap.
Range and Habitat
Anna's Hummingbird: Resident from northern California southward; spends winters regularly from British Columbia south to Arizona. Preferred habitats include chaparral, brushy oak woodlands, and gardens.
Breeding and Nesting
Anna's Hummingbird: One to three white eggs are laid in a tiny woven cup of small twigs and lichens fastened onto a sheltered horizontal limb. Incubation ranges from 14 to 19 days and is carried out by the female.
Foraging and Feeding
Anna's Hummingbird: Feeds on flower nectar with long bill and tongue while hovering. Most attracted to long, tubular flowers, with red, orange, or violet hues; also uses holes in trees to extract sap and feeds on flying insects or those trapped in spider webs.
Readily Eats
Sugar Water, Commercial instant nectars
Vocalization
Anna's Hummingbird: Calls include a sharp "chip" and rapid "chee-chee-chee-chee-chee."
Similar Species
Anna's Hummingbird: Black-chinned Hummingbird is smaller with paler underparts, purple crown and throat, white eyebrow, and slightly down-curved bill. Costa’s Hummingbird is smaller with purple throat, white spot behind eye, and slightly down-curved bill.
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