Birds of the Upper Cumberland Region: Species Accounts

Calliope Hummingbird (Stellula calliope)

Abundance:  Occasional (1 record in 1 Tennessee county, involving a single individual).

Status: Visitor during fall and early winter (1 record); presumably, future birds might occur during late winter and early spring, establishing the species as a true Winter Resident of the Region; banding record; photograph.

Information on Records: 

Late October-19 December 2000 (1 immature male) 3 km north of Monterey, Putnam County, Tennessee (Betty Bright, Harold Bright photo, m. ob.; Knight 2001a, 2001b), banded (25 November 2000, Portia McMillan, Chris Sloan), photo.

YardWatch Results 2003 and 2004: No registrations.

Habitat: This hummingbird visited feeders situated on the porch of a home located in the countryside north of Monterey; some thick vegetation was near the porch.

Remarks: This Calliope Hummingbird was not observed following the very cold night of 19/20 December 2000 and may have moved on or succumbed to the extreme conditions.

    This record represented the second occurrence of this western hummingbird in Tennessee (Knight 2001a).

Counties with Observations (boldfaced):

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