Oregon hummingbirds: Get to know the state’s 7 species and hear their calls

Of over 300 hummingbirds species, which are only found in the Western Hemisphere, just seven of them can be found across Oregon. They include the black-chinned, Anna’s, Costa’s, calliope, broad-tailed, rufous and Allen’s hummingbirds.

Below are seven illustrations with photos, videos and audio detailing Oregon’s seven species.

Good to know hummingbird info:

Most are found within just ten degrees north and south of the equator and less than two dozen species venture into the U.S. and Canada. Very few remain in the U.S. year round.
They are the only birds that can fly backward and straight up and down, and one of the few animals that can hover.
Their wings flap faster than any other creature with wings — up to 4,000 wing beats per minute — and their heartbeat can pump up to 1,000 times in a minute.
Though rare, they have unusual predators including praying mantis, spiders, bees and wasps, and even frogs.
Hummingbirds, specifically the males, are saturated in a spectrum of vibrant colors that can change radically in sunlight. According to the Audubon Society, they get their “iridescence colors from crystalline stacks of lozenge-shaped proteins in their feathers’ smallest filaments, which bend color depending on the angle of observation.”
Hummingbirds are actually more colorful than humans can imagine. Birds can see colors humans can’t and hummingbirds are probably the most colorful birds on earth. Most avian eyes have a fourth cone that picks up ultraviolet light. Humans only have three.
The male hummingbird’s attractive colors evolved over time as they competed against each other to appear the most dazzling to females.
Unlike some birds, hummingbirds do not mate for life and males mate with multiple females.

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