Bird

Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

A winter visitor to Florida, found in 12 of 67 counties and 3 habitats.

Here: Winter
Nesting: Not known to nest here
Range: 12 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: 12 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 Florida 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 Florida.

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 Florida

Winter: does not nest here, in 12 of 67 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 257

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

Northern Saw-whet Owl
Aegolius acadicus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Northern Waterthrush
Seiurus noveboracensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Osprey
Pandion haliaetus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Pied-billed Grebe
Podilymbus podiceps
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Pileated Woodpecker
Dryocopus pileatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Pine Warbler
Dendroica pinus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Piping Plover
Charadrius melodus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Prothonotary Warbler
Protonotaria citrea
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinica
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Purple Martin
Progne subis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red-breasted Merganser
Mergus serrator
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Sitta canadensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red-headed Woodpecker
Melanerpes erythrocephalus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Red-throated Loon
Gavia stellata
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Reddish Egret
Egretta rufescens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Ring-necked Duck
Aythya collaris
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Roseate Tern
Sterna dougallii
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Royal Tern
Thalasseus maximus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Ruddy Duck
Oxyura jamaicensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Sandwich Tern
Thalasseus sandvicensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Scarlet Tanager
Piranga olivacea
Birds. 1 shared habitat

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