Suggested Guides for Identification

• Hummingbirds of Texas, Clifford Shackelford, Madge Lindsay, Mark Klym, 2005, Texas A&M Press, College Station, TX
• The Hummingbird Wheel, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Austin

Flying Rufous hummingbird

Field Guides (Hummingbirds)

• Peterson Field Guides: Hummingbirds of North America, Sheri Williamson, 2001, Houghton Mifflin, New York
• Hummingbirds of North America – the Photographic Guide, Steve Howell, 2002, Natural World, New York

General Hummingbird Books

• Hummingbirds – a Wildlife Handbook, Kim Long, 1997, Johnson Books, Boulder, CO
• The Hummingbirds of North America, Paul Johnsgard, 1997, Smithsonian, Washington, DC
• Hummingbirds, Their Life and Behavior, Esther Tyrrell, 1985, Crown Publishers, New York

White-eared Hummingbird Female

General Bird Field Guides

• National Audubon Society: The Sibley Guide to the Birds, David Sibley, 2000, Knopf, New York
• National Geographic: Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 4th edition, Dickinson (ed), National Geographic, Washington, DC
• Kaufman: Field Guide to Birds of North America, Kenn Kaufman, 2000, Houghton Mifflin, New York
• Kaufman: Focus Guides Birds of North America, Kenn Kaufman, 2000, Houghton Mifflin, New York
• Golden Books: A Guide to Field Identification Birds of North America, Chandler Robbins, Bertel Bruun, Herbert Zim Golden Books, New York
• A Field Guide to The Birds of Mexico and Adjacent Areas, Ernest Edwards, 1998, UT Press, Austin