The males offer Arboretum visitors a spectacular sight: as part of the mating ritual, they fly in a frantic up and down U-shape that culminates with a high-speed dive.īehavior of a bird is another “tell”: Allen's and Anna's have overlapping territories - Allen's tend to dominate territories when seasonally migrating. While the mostly green females have whitish throats with dark speckles and their tail has white tips. The male has a green back and forehead, rust-colored body and tail, and an iridescent orange-red throat.
They can reach speeds of 50mph, or nearly 385 body lengths per second, a Eurofighter's top speed of 1,320mph jet manages to cover just 39 body lengths per second.Īllen’s hummingbird (pictured at right) was named for the American collector and taxidermist Charles Andrew Allen (1841-1930). The Anna’s hummingbird was recently declared the fastest animal on the planet, relative to its size. While the females are mostly green, the males have an iridescent magenta crown and gorget. Though John James Audubon was allegedly smitten with her, it was naturalist René Primevère Lesson who christened the bird in her honor. Anna’s hummingbird was named for Princess Anna de Belle Massena, a 19th Century Italian Duchess.
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