Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) - HBW 5, p. 679
French: Colibri roux
German: Rotrücken-Zimtelfe
Spanish: Colibrí Rufo
Taxonomy: Trochilus rufus J. F. Gmelin, 1788, Nootka Sound, Vancouver Island.
Forms a superspecies with S. sasin. Monotypic.
Distribution: Coastal SE Alaska S through SW Canada (British Columbia, W Alberta) to NW USA (Washington, N Idaho and extreme W Montana to N California). Winters throughout most of Mexico (except NC) and along Gulf coast of USA.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Mother feeds 20 day old baby in nest. Locality Big Rock Garden Park, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington State, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
ArtistAnn 13 June 2012 50 weeks ago 32 sec 4.9 -
Female sitting on Nest and feeding baby one day after he hatched. Locality Big Rock Garden Park, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington State, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
ArtistAnn 25 May 2012 50 weeks ago 23 sec 4.9 -
male resting on tree Locality Haines, Alaska, USA (United States)
Vicky Cheng 4 July 2012 36 weeks ago 3 min 21 sec 4.9 -
Baby exercises his wings, grooms, eliminates waste - age 19 days old. Locality Big Rock Garden Park, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington State, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
ArtistAnn 12 June 2012 50 weeks ago 51 sec 4.9 -
A female attending a feeder, sucking and flying off following an insect (repeated at 33% speed). Locality Dunbar, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 13 August 2012 36 weeks ago 28 sec 4.8 -
A male flying around flowers and feeding on them Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2003 5 years ago 20 sec 4.8
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Male Rufous Hummingbird
Locality Bull River, British Columbia, Canada (Monotypic species)
Walter Nussbaumer 24 May 2012 49 weeks ago 4.7 -
Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) at Galena Bay, British Columbia
Locality British Columbia, Canada
LHarding 1 May 2007 4 years ago 4.7 -
Mother feeding her baby in nest 4 days after hatching.
Locality Big Rock Garden Park, Bellingham, Whatcom County, Washington State, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
ArtistAnn 28 May 2012 50 weeks ago 4.4 -
A female resting in a tree
Locality Arcata Marsh & Wildlife Sanctuary, Arcata, Humboldt County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
AndrewSmith 14 August 2012 43 weeks ago 4.4 -
Male feeding from Flowering Quince
Locality Oregon, USA (United States)
Nan Moore 20 March 2004 4 years ago 4.4 -
Mother feeding baby five days before fledging
Locality Washington State, USA (United States)
ArtistAnn 10 June 2012 50 weeks ago 4.3
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Alarm call by a male close to a feeder. Locality Seward, Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, USA (United States)
(Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 June 2012 43 weeks ago 4
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