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title: "Anna's Hummingbird"
description: "Calypte anna — Birds. Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) is a North American species of hummingbird named after Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/anna-s-hummingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Anna's Hummingbird

> Calypte anna — Birds. Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) is a North American species of hummingbird  named after Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli.

- Scientific name: *Calypte anna*
- Category: `birds` (Birds)
- Habitats: `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 129542
- Wikidata: [Q564265](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q564265)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6317](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6317)

## Names

- en: Anna's Hummingbird
- de: Annakolibri
- es: Colibrí cabeza roja
- fr: Colibri d'Anna
- pl: Koliberek żarogłowy

## Countries with the most observations

US (99476), CA (13253), MX (2128)

## Summary

Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna) is a North American species of hummingbird  named after Anna Masséna, Duchess of Rivoli.
It is native to western coastal regions of North America. Until the late 20th century, Anna's hummingbirds migrated from locations as far north as Alaska and coastal British Columbia, returning south to breed in Baja California and Southern California. 
Since the 1970s, ornamental plants in residential areas along the Pacific coast and inland deserts provided expanded nectar and nesting sites, allowing the species to expand its breeding range to northern coastal regions without migrating. Year…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%27s_hummingbird

## Photo

![Anna's Hummingbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/anna-s-hummingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/71999354

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/anna-s-hummingbird?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).