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, 1997Female
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, 2017Compare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Hummingbirds(Order: Caprimulgiformes, Family: Trochilidae)
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