International Hummingbird Society

Our mission in The International Hummingbird Society is to teach people about hummingbirds and work internationally to protect them. People love hummingbirds, but not everyone knows how to best support them in their yards. We teach people how to support hummingbirds in their yards. In addition, 10% of hummingbird species are endangered. We work to raise awareness of all hummingbird species and teach people about endangered species and efforts to help protect them.

We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit headquartered in Sedona, Arizona, focused on conservation and education of hummingbirds. Our conservation efforts are mainly focused on critically endangered species including, the Juan Fernández Firecrown found on Robinson Crusoe Island off of the coast of Chile, the Chilean Woodstar that is found in a remote area of Chile. We also support the endangered Marvelous Spatuletail hummingbird found only in a very small region of northern Peru.

The International Hummingbird Society is funded primarily by memberships: individual/family, business, and corporate sponsors. The current membership is dispersed across all US states and many foreign countries.

We put on a three-day festival each year in the summer. Many presenters from far and wide come to speak and educate others about hummingbirds. We have banders come and band hummingbirds, the Northern Arizona Audubon Society provides informative early morning birding trips, vendors display and sell their hummingbird art, and local residents allow our festival participants to go and view their beautiful gardens and see hummingbirds enjoying the gardens.