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.

Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Dendroica caerulescens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Blue Jay
Cyanocitta cristata
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Blue-headed Vireo
Vireo solitarius
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Bonaparte's Gull
Chroicocephalus philadelphia
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Broad-winged Hawk
Buteo platypterus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Sitta pusilla
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Canvasback
Aythya valisineria
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Cape May Warbler
Dendroica tigrina
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Caspian Tern
Hydroprogne caspia
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Common Loon
Gavia immer
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Common Tern
Sterna hirundo
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Double-crested Cormorant
Phalacrocorax auritus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Downy Woodpecker
Picoides pubescens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Eastern Brown Pelican
Pelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Eastern Wood-pewee
Contopus virens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Forster's Tern
Sterna forsteri
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Gadwall
Anas strepera
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Glaucous Gull
Larus hyperboreus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Grasshopper Sparrow
Ammodramus savannarum
Birds. 1 shared habitat