Bird

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

A winter visitor to Alabama, found in 5 of 67 counties and 3 habitats.

Here: Winter
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: 5 of 67 counties
Habitats: 3

Male Rufous Hummingbird, whole bird — **Male**. (c) highsinger, some rights reserved (CC BY). CC BY 4.0. iNaturalist photo 407913026. Source-provided large resize; no crop or image edits.

At a glance

Group: Birds
Here: Winter
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: 5 of 67 counties
Habitats: 3
Habitat models: Winter

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Alabama 3

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 3

WinterDisturbed/Successional - Shrub Regeneration; Harvested Forest - Shrub RegenerationNamed place / source context. Shown: Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Georgia and Tennessee; which part is not recorded, a neighboring state.Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields, Richard Schlecht, undated. Public domain. Source record.

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Winter

Roadsides, fields and disturbed ground

Ground opened by people: roadsides, old fields, pastures, fencerows and lots.

WinterDeveloped, Open Space; Disturbed/Successional - Grass/Forb Regeneration

Other habitats in its models (7)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Alabama.

Developed, Low Intensity Winter.
Central and South Texas Coastal Fringe Forest and Woodland Winter.
Tamaulipan Mixed Deciduous Thornscrub Winter.
Tamaulipan Mesquite Upland Scrub Winter.
Tamaulipan Calcareous Thornscrub Winter.
Harvested Forest - Grass/Forb Regeneration Winter.
Modified/Managed Southern Tall Grassland Winter.

All habitats

Seasons in Alabama

Winter: does not nest here, in 5 of 67 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 229

Other animals whose habitat models include the same habitats in Alabama. Not sighting records.

Lapland Longspur
Calcarius lapponicus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Lark Sparrow
Chondestes grammacus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Laughing Gull
Leucophaeus atricilla
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Le Conte's Sparrow
Ammodramus leconteii
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Lincoln's Sparrow
Melospiza lincolnii
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Long-billed Dowitcher
Limnodromus scolopaceus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Magnolia Warbler
Dendroica magnolia
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Mallard
Anas platyrhynchos
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Merlin
Falco columbarius
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Mottled Duck
Anas fulvigula
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Mourning Dove
Zenaida macroura
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Bobwhite
Colinus virginianus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Flicker
Colaptes auratus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Mockingbird
Mimus polyglottos
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Pintail
Anas acuta
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Northern Shoveler
Anas clypeata
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Ovenbird
Seiurus aurocapilla
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Peregrine Falcon
Falco peregrinus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Pine Siskin
Carduelis pinus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Purple Finch
Carpodacus purpureus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Red-shouldered Hawk
Buteo lineatus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Ring-billed Gull
Larus delawarensis
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pheucticus ludovicianus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Regulus calendula
Birds. 2 shared habitats

NatureServe Explorer, CC BY 4.0. USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.