Female/immature rufous/Allen’s hummingbirds are slightly smaller and slimmer in build (noticeable in comparison) with more strongly graduated tails that have a more tapered tip. Rufous/Allen’s ...

Although well out of their typical range, Rufous, black-chinned, buff-bellied and other hummingbirds can be found in Mississippi during winter. But how can those tiny birds survive when ...

Hummingbirds are perhaps our best-loved birds, but there’s a lot that people don’t know about them. What kinds of ...

Among migrating hummingbirds, rufous hummingbirds have the longest migration route. The species can travel 2,000 miles from southern Mexico to southeastern Alaska. One time, a rufous hummingbird ...

Lead researcher Shayne Halter said new research is an early step in better understanding how hummingbirds use their energy ...

For birds the size of hummingbirds to survive 15-degree weather is likely nothing short of amazing to many people, but in Kilmicheal, where Elizabeth Cummins and her husband, Jimmy, have a wintering ...