Anna's Hummingbird Similar Species Comparison
Similar Species
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Adult male
Adult male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds lack the adult male Anna's red crown.
© Gregg Friesen | Macaulay LibraryColorado, July 29, 2017Similar Species
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Female/immature
Female/immature Broad-tailed Hummingbirds have cinnamon-washed flanks, unlike the grayish green flanks of Anna's Hummingbirds.
© Brian Sullivan | Macaulay LibraryUtah, October 11, 2009Similar Species
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Adult male
Black-chinned Hummingbirds are sleeker overall with a thinner neck than Anna's Hummingbirds. The male's dark purple gorget is limited to just the throat, whereas male Anna's have a red gorget and crown.
© Ian Hearn | Macaulay LibraryIdaho, July 13, 2017Similar Species
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Female/immature
Female and immature Black-chinned and Anna's are difficult to separate. Black-chinned often appear more slender than Anna's. Most also have a clean throat, while some Anna's have a red spot on the throat.
© Paul Fenwick | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, September 14, 2016Similar Species
Costa's Hummingbird
Adult male
Adult male Costa’s Hummingbirds have a much deeper purple gorget that extends farther on the sides of the neck than the red gorget on male Anna's Hummingbirds.
© Gordon Karre | Macaulay LibraryArizona, February 06, 2017Similar Species
Costa's Hummingbird
Female
Female and immature Costa's Hummingbirds don't have central red feathers on the throat that most female/immature Anna's Hummingbirds have.
© Herb Elliott | Macaulay LibraryArizona, December 28, 2016Similar Species
Rufous Hummingbird
Female/immature
Female/immature Rufous Hummingbirds have cinnamon-washed sides, while female/immature Anna's have grayish green flanks.
© Ian Routley | Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, September 16, 2016Main Species
Anna's Hummingbird
Adult male
Stocky for a hummingbird with a straight bill. Adult males have a rose-pink throat and crown.
© Kyle Blaney | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, March 02, 2013Female/immature male
Somewhat stocky for a hummingbird. Females/immatures are metallic green above with some reddish-pink feathers on the throat.
© Mason Maron | Macaulay LibraryWashington, March 28, 2020Female/immature
© Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, July 01, 1997Not all videos have sound
Female
Females are metallic green above and grayish below with bits of reddish spotting on the throat. Note pale line over the eye.
© Ryan Winkleman | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, April 16, 2017Adult male
Adult males have a brilliant reddish-pink crown and throat and grayish underparts.
© Steven Mlodinow | Macaulay LibraryWashington, October 24, 2014Immature male
Immature males have a blotchy rose-pink crown and throat.
© Robert Hamilton | Macaulay LibraryCalifornia, May 10, 2017Adult male
Common in yards, parks, residential streets, eucalyptus groves, riverside woods, savannahs, and coastal scrub.
© Joshua Covill | Macaulay LibraryBritish Columbia, March 24, 2017Rotate Your Device to Better Compare
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Hummingbirds(Order: Caprimulgiformes, Family: Trochilidae)
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