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| + | [[Image:Ruby-throated_Hummingbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo © by {{user|etow|etow}}<br />North Central [[Ohio]], [[USA]], July 2004]] | ||
;[[: Category:Archilochus|Archilochus]] colubris | ;[[: Category:Archilochus|Archilochus]] colubris | ||
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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 3 1/2" (9 cm) | + | 3 1/2" (9 cm)<br /> |
| − | + | Needle-like bill, metallic green above, white below, buff sides, white-tipped outer tail feathers, brilliant, iridescent red throat which females and immature males lack. | |
| + | [[Image:100208hummer1a copy.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo © by {{user|KC+Foggin|KC Foggin }}<br />Myrtle Beach, [[South Carolina]], [[USA]] April 2009]] | ||
| + | ====Similar Species==== | ||
| + | Averages shorter-billed and longer-tailed than [[Black-chinned Hummingbird]], with wing tip straighter and narrower. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | Southern [[Canada]] and [[USA]]; winters to [[Central America]] and rarely to the [[Caribbean]]. | + | Southern [[Canada]] and [[USA]] - east of the Rocky Mountains; winters to [[Central America]] and rarely to the [[Caribbean]]. |
| + | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | ||
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==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Suburban gardens, parks, and woodlands. | Suburban gardens, parks, and woodlands. | ||
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==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| − | 2 white eggs are laid in a nest woven | + | [[Image:080916RTHummer1a.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo © by{{user|KC+Foggin|KC Foggin }}<br />Myrtle Beach, [[South Carolina]], [[USA]], Augus 2016]] |
| + | ====Breeding==== | ||
| + | The 2 white eggs are laid in a nest which has been woven from soft plant material. It is held together with spider silk and then covered with lichen. | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
| + | The diet includes nectar, but Ruby-throated Hummingbird can also be seen taking insects and tree sap from woodpecker (sapsucker) drilling and insects taken in flight. | ||
| + | ==References== | ||
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#What Bird | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
| − | {{GSearch|Archilochus | + | {{GSearch|"Archilochus colubris" {{!}} "Ruby-throated Hummingbird"}} |
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| + | {{VSearch|"Archilochus colubris" {{!}} "Ruby-throated Hummingbird"}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 21:24, 10 February 2023
- Archilochus colubris
Identification
3 1/2" (9 cm)
Needle-like bill, metallic green above, white below, buff sides, white-tipped outer tail feathers, brilliant, iridescent red throat which females and immature males lack.
Similar Species
Averages shorter-billed and longer-tailed than Black-chinned Hummingbird, with wing tip straighter and narrower.
Distribution
Southern Canada and USA - east of the Rocky Mountains; winters to Central America and rarely to the Caribbean.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Suburban gardens, parks, and woodlands.
Behaviour
Breeding
The 2 white eggs are laid in a nest which has been woven from soft plant material. It is held together with spider silk and then covered with lichen.
Diet
The diet includes nectar, but Ruby-throated Hummingbird can also be seen taking insects and tree sap from woodpecker (sapsucker) drilling and insects taken in flight.
References
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
- What Bird
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Ruby-throated Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 December 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird
External Links
GSearch checked for 2020 platform.1
