Allen's hummingbird is common only in the brushy woods, gardens, and meadows of coastal California from Santa Barbara north, and southern coastal Oregon. The nominate race of Allen's hummingbird, S. s. sasin, is migratory, and winters along the Pacific coast of central Mexico. Resident to medium-distance migrant. Range. Fink, D., T. Auer, A. Johnston, M. Strimas-Mackey, O. Robinson, S. Ligocki, B. Petersen, C. Wood, I. Davies, B. Sullivan, M. Iliff, S. Kelling. ... Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin. In early spring, a narrow strip of scrub and chaparral along the Pacific Coast starts buzzing with the sights and sounds of the coppery and green Allen's Hummingbird. Learn more. Explore Birds of the World to learn more. Males flash their brilliant reddish orange throat and put on an elaborate show for the females, swinging in pendulous arcs before climbing high into the sky and diving back down with a sharp squeal made by their tails. This map depicts the range boundary, defined as the areas where the species is estimated to occur at a rate of 5% or more for at least one week within each season. This is one of the two common nesting hummingbirds in northern California gardens (Anna's is the other). Hummingbirds(Order: Caprimulgiformes, Family:Trochilidae). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. The Cornell Lab will send you updates about birds, birding, and opportunities to help bird conservation. eBird data from 2014-2018. A close relative of the Rufous Hummingbird, Allen's has a more limited range, nesting mostly in California. This map depicts the range boundary, defined as the areas where the species is estimated to occur at a rate of 5% or more for at least one week within each season. Title Allen's Hummingbird Range - CWHR B292 [ds1540] Publication date 2016-02-0100:00:00 Presentation formats digital map FGDC geospatial presentation format vector digital data Other citation details These are the same layers as appear in the CWHR System software. https://doi.org/10.2173/ebirdst.2018, Certain products may be unavailable due to insufficient data. . Estimated for 2018. 2020. eBird Status and Trends, Data Version: 2018; Released: 2020. Get Instant ID help for 650+ North American birds. Individuals breeding along the coast from southern Oregon to southern California fly to central Mexico for the winter, but hummingbirds breeding on the Channel Islands and around Los Angeles are primarily year-round residents.