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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is by far the most common species that breeds in the eastern half of North America, although most states have sporadic Rufous sightings, ...
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Photos
My favorite summer visitor! Always a wonderful sign of spring when these guys first start showing up in my yard, usually sometime during the first week of May.
Ruby-throated hummingbird Archilochus colubris
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Length: 3 inches
Long, straight, thin bill
Small hummingbird
Bright green back and crown
White underparts with greenish flanks ...
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Description Ruby-throated males have metallic green backs, black chins, metallic red throats and white underparts. Females lack the black chins and red throats. Life History ...
Ruby-throated Hummingbird - Archilochus colubris
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Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
As the only hummingbird that regularly flies to the East, the ruby-throated hummingbird is definitely one of America's favorite fliers.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is the only hummingbird species which is commonly encountered in the eastern half of the United States and as such is familiar to millions of ...
Ruby-throated hummingbirds spend their summers throughout the eastern United States. In autumn, they migrate to the wintering grounds in Central America. Some ruby-throated hummingbirds have been known to winter in southern Florida.
Ruby-Throated Hummingbird Range
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Type: Bird Diet: Omnivore Average life span in the wild: 5 to 9 years Size: 3 to 4 in (7 to 9 cm) Weight: 0.07 to 0.21 oz (2 to 6 g) Did you know?
Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris
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Where are they found? North America ...
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Behaviour
Excessive tail pumping is mentioned by Sibley as characteristic of Black-chinned Hummingbirds.
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is a small bird that lives throughout eastern North America. Its scientific name is Archilochus colubris (Genus and species). These beautiful birds migrate south to Mexico in winter to find food.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
(Archilochus colubris)
Status: Migrant.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1992 to 1996: Possible but not likely
1997 to 2001: Possible but not likely
2002 to 2006: Possible but not likely ...
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Archilochus colubris (Linnaeus)
Status Fairly common in summer. Breeds. Distributed throughout the province in urban and wild areas, generally arriving by mid-May (average 12 May, earliest normal date 1 May).
Leucistic Ruby-throated Hummingbird in Chatham Co., NC
This near-albino leucistic (abnormally white) hummingbird was photographed by Renee Underwood in her yard in Chatham Co., NC in August 2005.
The tiniest of boreal forest species, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird gets its name from the bright red throat patch and the characteristic hum of its rapidly beating wings.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Kingfishers
Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) ...
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) are the only hummingbird species which breed east of the Mississippi. They are only about 3 1/2 inches long and weigh a fraction of an ounce.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Summer Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? yes
Glossy Ibis
Summer Sighting Information: abundant
Nest on or near Refuge? no ...
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Hummingbirds are tiny birds that eat flower nectar.
Scarlet Macaw
A brilliantly-colored parrot from Central and South American rainforests.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backwards. There are 337 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Cuba.
The ruby-throated hummingbird, is the only hummingbird which nests
east of the Mississippi River. It is about 4 inches long and is noted for
its long-distance migration, annually flying non-stop across the Gulf
of Mexico, about 500 miles.
The most similar species to the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is the Black-chinned Hummingbird, a western species whose females and immatures are almost indistinguishable from the Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
Nose for Nectar: The ruby-throated hummingbird migrates from Central America to Canada yearly, a trip that is nearly 2,000 miles long. All that acrobatic flying needs energy, which they get from sipping nectar through their small beaks.
Weighing in at three times more than the familiar Ruby-throated Hummingbird, the Blue-throated is our country's largest hummingbird. While not as gaudy as many hummingbirds, the Blue-throated Hummingbird's vocalizations are complex.
Studies of hummingbirds' metabolism are highly relevant to the question of whether a migrating Ruby-throated Hummingbird can cross 800 km (500 miles) of the Gulf of Mexico on a nonstop flight, as field observations suggest it does.
As warm spring days approach, neotropical migratory birds such as orioles, catbirds, ruby-throated hummingbirds, barn swallows, yellow-bellied sapsuckers, ...
Summer Populations of Colorado Mountain Hummingbirds Drop in 2011
Ruby-throated Hummingbird Arrival Dates and Breeding in Canada
Arizona's Horseshoe Two Fire Affects Chiricahua, Cave Creek IBAs
Wind Energy and Effects on Bird Populations ...
THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMING-BIRD.
[Ruby-throated Hummingbird.]
TROCHILUS COLUBRIS, Linn.
[Archilochus colubris.] ...
Identification should not be a great problem since the only other hummingbird in Cuba, apart from the occasional Ruby-throated Hummingbird in transit, is the tiny Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae.
They feed on nectar and insects.
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[...] with more lists of birds I'll just give you a couple of the highlights of my birding until Mike and Carrie met me at eight. I watched a Ruby-throated Hummingbird chase a Gray Catbird from a bush [...] ...
Although it tends to feed from red flowers, at least thirty-one different plants have flowers which attract the ruby-throated hummingbird. They include honeysuckle, petunias, nasturtiums, and lilacs.
Brown booby (Sula leucogaster)
Sanderling (Calidris alba)
Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
American coot (Fulica americana)
Red-tailed hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) ...
Males have a black face and chin, purple throat band and a dark forked tail. The female has no throat patch and a dark rounded tail with white tips. Females are similar to the female Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
The only species found in the NE United States is the ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris. The male is metallic green above and whitish below, with an iridescent ruby-red throat; the female is dull-colored.
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD - 7 migrants. One of the highlights of the
trip. Four birds in the vicinity of the Isles of Shoals, plus three
more MIGRATING NORTH OVER JEFFREY'S LEDGE 30 MILES OFFSHORE!
Tree Swallow - 1 migrating over ledge.
 See also: Hummingbird, Spider, Fly, Swift, Black-chinned Hummingbird
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