page_title: List of birds of Tennessee
section_title: Hummingbirds
hierarchical_section_title: List of birds of Tennessee / Hummingbirds
caption_attribution_description: English: Juvenile male Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Deutsch: Jugendlich männlichen Tier des Rubinkehlkolibri (Archilochus colubris) Français&#160;: Mâle juvénile Colibri à gorge rubis (Archilochus colubris) 日本語: ノドアカハチドリ (雌) Türkçe: Dişi yakut boğazlı sinek kuşu (Archilochus colubris) 中文（简体）‎: 红喉北蜂鸟 (Archilochus colubris)。 Português: Beija-flor da espécie (Archilochus colubris)
context_page_description: This list of birds of Tennessee includes species documented in the U.S. state of Tennessee and accepted by the Tennessee Bird Records Committee of the Tennessee Ornithological Society. As of February 2020, 423 species were on the official list. Of them, 41 are considered accidental, 30 are considered casual, and 13 are labeled provisional as defined below. Five species were introduced to North America, two are extinct, and three have been extirpated.
  This list is presented in the taxonomic sequence of the Check-list of North and Middle American Birds, 7th edition through the 61st Supplement, published by the American Ornithological Society. Common and scientific names are also those of the Check-list, except that the common names of families are from the Clements taxonomy because the AOS list does not include them.
  Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in Tennessee as permanent residents, summer or winter visitors, or migrants. These tags are used to annotate some species:
  Accidental – a "very rare and unpredictable vagrant" per the TBRC
  Casual – a species which "occurs with some frequency but not every year" per the TBRC
context_section_description: Order: Apodiformes   Family: Trochilidae
  Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. Nine species have been recorded in Tennessee.
  Mexican violetear, Colibri thalassinus (A)
  Ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris
  Black-chinned hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri (A)
  Anna's hummingbird, Calypte anna (A)
  Calliope hummingbird, Selasphorus calliope (A)
  Rufous hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus
  Allen's hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin (A)
  Broad-tailed hummingbird, Selasphorus platycerus (A)
  Broad-billed hummingbird, Cynanthus latirostris (A)
caption: Ruby-throated hummingbird
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