Allen's Hummingbird Photo Gallery
Adult male
Compact and stocky hummingbird. Adult males have a reddish-orange throat and an orange belly.
© Dean LaTray / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, April 25, 2017Female/immature male
Small and compact hummingbird. Females/immatures have a dull metallic green back and pale coppery flanks.
© Sharif Uddin / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, July 23, 2020Female/immature
Perched female/immature Allen's Hummingbirds can be difficult to separate from Rufous Hummingbirds.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, July 01, 1997Not all videos have soundAdult male
Note the very narrow tail feathers when the tail is spread. Adult males are coppery below and bronze-green above with a coppery tail.
© Giovanni Pari / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, March 20, 2017Female/immature
Though difficult to see look for narrow outer tail feathers on flying birds to separate them from Rufous Hummingbirds. This video has no audio.
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, July 01, 1997Not all videos have soundFemale/immature male
Females/immatures have a bronze-green back. Although subtle, note coppery eyebrow.
© Peter DeStefano / Macaulay LibraryPennsylvania, January 11, 2021Immature male
Females/immatures are bronze-green above with paler coppery sides. They both have bits of bronze spotting on their throats, though females have more spots and a small patch of reddish orange in the center of the throat.
© Donna Pomeroy / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, August 24, 2018Adult female
The female builds the nest, incubates the eggs, and takes care of the nestlings without help from the male.
© Larry Arbanas / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, December 01, 2005Not all videos have sound© Robert Hamilton / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, December 31, 2016
Female/immature male
Females/immatures are very difficult to separate from females/immatures Rufous Hummingbird. Separated by shape of spread tail; narrow outer tail feathers on Allen's, but wide on Rufous.
© Ellen Crotty / Macaulay LibraryAlabama, February 11, 2017Adult male
Breeds in coastal forest, scrub, and chaparral along a narrow strip that stretches up the coast from California to southern Oregon.
© Andrew Newmark / Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, November 21, 2020Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Hummingbirds(Order: Caprimulgiformes, Family: Trochilidae)
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