Do hummingbirds have any natural predators?

Question

Do hummingbirds have any natural predators?

Answer 1

A lot of predators. They are quite low on the food chain. Animals such as larger birds, cats, mustelids, and large frogs could make a meal out of a hummingbird. Even the mantis and certain species of spider have been documented to capture and devour a hummingbird.

Answer 2

No. No other animal can catch them.

Answer 3

Larger birds (like hawks), cats, snakes, some spiders and even some frogs.

Birds & Blooms: Special Issues on Humming Birds June/July 2008. "Fact or Myth" p24.

Answer 4

Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are small prey, so you might expect they have relatively small natural predators. There are references in the literature to hummingbirds having been killed and/or eaten by Sharp-shinned Hawks (above left), Praying Mantids, Largemouth Bass, Green Frogs and Bull Frogs (above right), and big Orb-weaving Spiders. There's even a record of a large dragonfly--a Common Green Darner, Anax junius--attacking, killing, and apparently flying off with a ruby-throat (although some experts believe the dragonfly actually caught a Hummingbird Moth). In the tropics, hummingbirds face additional dangers, including bird-eating lizards.

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