Hummingbird Guide by State
Kentucky
How to Attract Hummingbirds in Kentucky: A Backyard Sanctuary Guide
Nine sightings in ten are Ruby-throated. The other four include a winter regular, a first-ever state record, and a wanderer science still...
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Kentucky Hummingbird Season: A Month-by-Month Calendar
When hummingbird season starts and ends across Kentucky, month by month — the west-to-east arrival gradient, nesting, and winter rarities...
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Hummingbirds in Kentucky: The Complete Species Guide
Nine sightings in ten are the same species — but Kentucky has also hosted a one-of-a-kind Allen's, an accidental Anna's, and a puzzling s...
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Kentucky Hummingbird Resources
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Feeder timing, top nectar plants, and species at a glance for Kentucky
Hummingbirds Found in Kentucky
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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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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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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
Historic
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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
Historic
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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
Historic
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Breeds in South Texas, with rare wandering records reported widely across the eastern and central U.S.
Mexican Violetear
HistoricHummingbird Migration in Kentucky
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