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.

Wilson's Snipe
Gallinago delicata
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Sphyrapicus varius
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Nyctanassa violacea
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Dendroica coronata
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Yellow-throated Warbler
Dendroica dominica
Birds. 2 shared habitats
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax virescens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Coot
Fulica americana
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Flamingo
Phoenicopterus ruber
Birds. 1 shared habitat
American Oystercatcher
Haematopus palliatus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Anhinga
Anhinga anhinga
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Bald Eagle
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black Rail
Laterallus jamaicensis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black Tern
Chlidonias niger
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Dendroica caerulescens
Birds. 1 shared habitat
Black-whiskered Vireo
Vireo altiloquus
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 Noddy
Anous stolidus
Birds. 1 shared habitat

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