Hummingbird Guide by State
Idaho
How to Attract Hummingbirds in Idaho: A Backyard Sanctuary Guide
Idaho native plants, feeder timing by elevation, and how to run one through winter for Anna's — everything for a year-round Idaho yard.
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Idaho Hummingbird Season: A Month-by-Month Calendar
The Panhandle sees hummingbirds weeks before eastern Idaho, and departure isn't universal — Anna's now winters in the Treasure Valley ins...
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Hummingbirds in Idaho: The Complete Species Guide
Idaho has four breeding hummingbirds split by elevation, plus a winter species still expanding its range. Identify each one and know when.
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Idaho Hummingbird Resources
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Feeder timing, top nectar plants, and species at a glance for Idaho
Hummingbirds Found in Idaho
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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 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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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
Breeds Here
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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
Breeds Here
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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
Resident
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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
Historic
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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
Historic
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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
HistoricHummingbird Migration in Idaho
States Nearby Idaho of Interest
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