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The Calliope Hummingbird, Canada's smallest bird, breeds in dry, open mountain woodlands and shrublands. Breeding Bird Survey results suggest little overall change in the Canadian population since about 1970, but there is some uncertainty in this because of fluctuating numbers. There are no major conservation issues at this time. This species has been identified as a priority for conservation and/or stewardship in one or more Bird Conservation Region Strategies in Canada.
Calliope Hummingbirds prefer open woodlands and shrublands for foraging and likely benefit, at least in the short term, from forest harvest activities (Calder and Calder 1994). A new and expanding program of hummingbird banding and monitoring in British Columbia will likely provide supplementary population data in the future (Finlay 2007).
Environment and Climate Change Canada and partners have developed Bird Conservation Region Strategies in each of Canada’s Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs). In these strategies, selected species are identified as priorities for one or more of the following reasons:
Select any of the sub-regions below to view the BCR strategy for additional details.