Hummingbird Guide by State
Texas
How to Attract Hummingbirds in Texas: A Backyard Sanctuary Guide
Native tubular plants, the right nectar ratio, and feeder timing by region — everything for turning a Texas yard into a stopover, not jus...
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Texas Hummingbird Season: A Month-by-Month Calendar
Big Bend's Broad-tailed arrive about a month before Dallas — but departure converges by mid-October. Two RGV species never leave at all.
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Hummingbirds in Texas: The Complete Guide to All 19 Species
Texas has the most hummingbird species of any state — 19, with six present year-round. See which ones you'll actually spot, and how to te...
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Every hummingbird species confirmed in Texas and why they show up
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Month-by-month arrival, peak, and departure timing for Texas hummingbirds
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Feeder timing, top nectar plants, and species at a glance for Texas
Hummingbirds Found in Texas
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Breeds across most of the western U.S. and is a year-round resident in parts of Texas. A regular migrant and winter visitor through the Southeast, with rare records in the Northeast and upper Midwest.
Black-chinned
Breeds Here
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Breeds in the mountain canyons of southeastern Arizona and far west Texas, with rare wandering records in New Mexico and Georgia.
Blue-throated Mountain-gem
Breeds Here
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Breeds throughout the Rocky Mountain region and is a year-round resident in parts of Texas. Rare to occasional elsewhere in the eastern and southern U.S. during migration.
Broad-tailed
Breeds Here
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Breeds in the desert canyons of the Southwest — Arizona, New Mexico, and West Texas.
Lucifer
Breeds Here
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Year-round resident in southeastern Arizona's mountain canyons, breeding into New Mexico and West Texas, with rare wandering records through the Mountain West.
Rivoli's
Breeds Here
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The only hummingbird that breeds across most of the eastern U.S., with year-round resident populations along the Gulf Coast and southern Atlantic states. Rare west of the Rockies.
Ruby-throated
Breeds Here
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Year-round resident along the Texas Gulf Coast, with regular winter presence elsewhere along the Gulf Coast states and rare wandering records further north.
Buff-bellied
Resident
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Year-round resident along coastal California. A regular migrant and winter visitor across much of the Southeast and Northeast, with scattered rare records elsewhere in the eastern and southwestern U.S.
Allen's
Migrant/Winter
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Year-round resident across much of the West and Pacific Coast. A regular migrant and winter visitor through the Mountain West, Midwest, and parts of the Southeast, with rare records scattered further east.
Anna's
Migrant/Winter
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Calliope Hummingbird — the smallest breeding bird in North America — Breeds across the Mountain West and Pacific Northwest, then fans out widely as a migrant across much of the rest of the country, with occasional records further east.
Calliope
Migrant/Winter
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Year-round resident across the desert Southwest, with regular winter presence along the Pacific Northwest coast and occasional records in the Mountain West and Great Plains.
Costa's
Migrant/Winter
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Breeds farther north than any other North American hummingbird, from the Pacific Northwest into Alaska, with year-round populations on the West Coast. An exceptionally wide-ranging migrant — a regular fall and winter visitor across nearly the entire eastern and southern U.S.
Rufous
Migrant/Winter
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A rare, near-annual summer wanderer into southeastern Arizona, with occasional records in Texas.
Berylline
Rare / Casual Visitor
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Year-round resident in Arizona and parts of Texas, breeding into New Mexico. A scarce but regular visitor along the West Coast and Gulf Coast, with rare records scattered across much of the eastern and central U.S.
Broad-billed
Rare / Casual Visitor
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A very rare tropical vagrant, with 25 accepted Texas records but none in recent years.
Green-breasted Mango
Rare / Casual Visitor
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A Mexican and Central American species that does not breed in the U.S. A near-annual vagrant to Texas, with rare wandering records scattered widely across the eastern and central U.S.
Mexican Violetear
Rare / Casual Visitor
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Year-round resident in a handful of southeastern Arizona canyons, breeding into New Mexico, with occasional winter records in Texas and rare wandering to California.
Violet-crowned
Rare / Casual Visitor
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Breeds in the mountains of far west Texas (Big Bend), with rare wandering records into southeastern Arizona and New Mexico.
White-eared
Rare / Casual Visitor
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An extremely rare vagrant, documented only once in the US in Texas.
Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem
Historic / AccidentalHummingbird Migration in Texas
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