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| − | + | ''Italic text''{{Taxobox begin | color = pink | name = Ruby-throated Hummingbird Preistess}} | |
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| − | + | {{Taxobox regnum entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}} | |
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| − | + | {{Taxobox classis entry | taxon = [[Bird|Aves]]}} | |
| − | + | {{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Trochiliformes]]}} | |
| − | + | {{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Trochilidae]]}} | |
| − | + | {{Taxobox genus entry | taxon = ''[[Archilocus (genus)|Archilochus]]''}} | |
| − | + | {{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''A. colubris'''''}} | |
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| − | + | {{Taxobox section binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Archilochus colubris | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = 1758}} | |
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The '''Ruby-throated Hummingbird''', ''Archilochus colubris'', is a small [[hummingbird]]. | The '''Ruby-throated Hummingbird''', ''Archilochus colubris'', is a small [[hummingbird]]. | ||
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They are [[bird migration|migratory]] and spend most of the winter in [[Mexico]] or [[Central America]]. | They are [[bird migration|migratory]] and spend most of the winter in [[Mexico]] or [[Central America]]. | ||
| − | These birds feed on nectar from | + | These birds feed on [[nectar]] from [[flower]]s using a long extendable tongue or catch [[insect]]s on the wing. |
| − | Due to their small size, they are vulnerable to insect-eating birds and animals. These birds require frequent feeding while active during the day and become [[torpid]] at night to conserve energy. This is the only hummingbird commonly found in eastern North America. | + | Due to their small size, they are vulnerable to insect-eating birds and animals. These birds require frequent feeding while active during the day and become [[Wiktionary:torpid|torpid]] at night to conserve energy. This is the only hummingbird commonly found in eastern North America. |
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| + | == External links == | ||
| + | * http://www.hummingbirdsociety.org/photogallery - photographs of this and other hummingbird species | ||
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| + | [[Category:archilocus]] | ||
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| + | [[fr:Colibri à gorge rubis]] | ||
Revision as of 01:52, 26 September 2005
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The Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Archilochus colubris, is a small hummingbird.
Adults are metallic green above and greyish white below. Their bill is long, straight and very slender. The adult male, shown in the photo, has a glossy ruby red throat patch and a dark forked tail. The female has a dark rounded tail with white tips and no throat patch.
Their breeding habitat is open areas throughout most of eastern North America and the Canadian prairies. The female builds a nest in a protected location in a shrub or tree. The male aggressively defends feeding locations within his territory.
They are migratory and spend most of the winter in Mexico or Central America.
These birds feed on nectar from flowers using a long extendable tongue or catch insects on the wing.
Due to their small size, they are vulnerable to insect-eating birds and animals. These birds require frequent feeding while active during the day and become torpid at night to conserve energy. This is the only hummingbird commonly found in eastern North America.
External links
- http://www.hummingbirdsociety.org/photogallery - photographs of this and other hummingbird species
