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Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

A winter visitor to Mississippi, found in 10 of 82 counties and 3 habitats.

Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
10 of 82 counties
Habitats
3

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Winter
Nesting
Not known to nest here
Range
10 of 82 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 Mississippi 3

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

1 of 3

Forest edges and thickets

Wooded scene looking out over partially open fields
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 Mississippi.

  • 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 Mississippi

  • Winter: does not nest here, in 10 of 82 counties.

Also found in this habitat

Wildlife 239

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

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

Sources