#1268 · 🐦 birds

Anna's Hummingbird

🇳🇱 Anna's Kolibrie ·Calypte anna

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

8 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

Anna's hummingbird ( Calypte anna ), a medium-sized hummingbird native to the west coast of North America, was named after Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli. In the early 20th century, Anna's hummingbirds bred only in northern Baja California and southern California. The transplanting of exotic ornamental plants in residential areas throughout the Pacific coast and inland deserts provided expanded nectar and nesting sites, allowing the species to expand its breeding range.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 131,747iNaturalist observations
weight 4.3 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
131,747 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs only about 4 g.
Scientifically named by René Lesson in 1829 (197 years ago).