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Archilochus colubris (Ruby-throated Hummingbird)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Range
Male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird	Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
Description
Bird call The Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris), is a small hummingbird. It is the most common species of hummingbird that breeds in the eastern half of North America. The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird is 7-9 cm long with an 8-11 cm wingspan, and weighs 2-6 g. Adults are metallic green above and greyish white below, with near-black wings. Their bill is long, straight and very slender. The adult male has an iridescent ruby red throat patch which may appear black in some lighting, and a dark forked tail. The female has a dark rounded tail with white tips and generally no throat patch, though she may sometimes have a light or whitish throat patch. The male is smaller than the female, and has a slightly shorter beak. A moult of feathers occurs once per year, and begins during the autumn migration. The breeding habitat is throughout most of eastern North America and the Canadian prairies, in deciduous and pine forests and forest edges, orchards, and gardens. The female builds a nest in a protected location in a shrub or tree. The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is migratory, spending most of the winter in Mexico or Central America. Ruby-throated hummingbirds are solitary. Adults of this species typically only come into contact for the purpose of mating, and both males and females of any age aggressively defend feeding locations within his or her territory. The aggressiveness becomes most pronounced in late summer to early fall as they fatten up for migration. They feed frequently while active during the day and when temperatures drop, particularly on cold nights, they may conserve energy by entering hypothermic torpor. The birds feed on nectar from flowers and flowering trees 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. Females lay two white eggs averaging 12.9 by 8.5 mm.

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-''Italic text''{{Taxobox begin | color = pink | name = Ruby-throated Hummingbird Preistess}}
+{{Bird id
-{{Taxobox image | image = [[image:Rubythroathummer65.jpg|Photo: Hummingbird]] | caption = }}
+| name = Ruby-throated Hummingbird
-{{Taxobox begin placement | color = pink}}
+| latin_name = Archilochus colubris
-{{Taxobox regnum entry | taxon = [[Animal]]ia}}
+| level = 4
-{{Taxobox phylum entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
+| image_1 = Rubythroathummer65.jpg
-{{Taxobox classis entry | taxon = [[Bird|Aves]]}}
+| caption_1 = Ruby-throated Hummingbird
-{{Taxobox ordo entry | taxon = [[Trochiliformes]]}}
+| image_2 = Male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird 1.jpg
-{{Taxobox familia entry | taxon = [[Trochilidae]]}}
+| caption_2 = Male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
-{{Taxobox genus entry | taxon = ''[[Archilocus (genus)|Archilochus]]''}}
+| image_3 = Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird in Flight.jpg
-{{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''A. colubris'''''}}
+| caption_3 = Female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird
-{{Taxobox end placement}}
+| range_map = Rubinkehlkolibri (a. colubris) world.png
-{{Taxobox section binomial_parens | color = pink | binomial_name = Archilochus colubris | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = 1758}}
+| call = Archilochus colubris.ogg
-{{Taxobox end}}
+| description = The '''Ruby-throated Hummingbird''' (''Archilochus colubris''), is a small hummingbird. It is the most common species of hummingbird that breeds in the eastern half of North America.
-The '''Ruby-throated Hummingbird''', ''Archilochus colubris'', is a small [[hummingbird]].
+The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird is 7-9 cm long with an 8-11 cm wingspan, and weighs 2-6 g. Adults are metallic green above and greyish white below, with near-black wings. Their bill is long, straight and very slender. The adult male has an iridescent ruby red throat patch which may appear black in some lighting, and a dark forked tail. The female has a dark rounded tail with white tips and generally no throat patch, though she may sometimes have a light or whitish throat patch. The male is smaller than the female, and has a slightly shorter beak. A moult of feathers occurs once per year, and begins during the autumn migration.
-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.
+The breeding habitat is throughout most of eastern North America and the Canadian prairies, in deciduous and pine forests and forest edges, orchards, and gardens. The female builds a nest in a protected location in a shrub or tree.
-Their breeding habitat is open areas throughout most of eastern [[North America]] and the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[prairie]]s. The female builds a nest in a protected location in a shrub or tree. The male aggressively defends feeding locations within his territory.
+The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is migratory, spending 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]].
+Ruby-throated hummingbirds are solitary. Adults of this species typically only come into contact for the purpose of mating, and both males and females of any age aggressively defend feeding locations within his or her territory. The aggressiveness becomes most pronounced in late summer to early fall as they fatten up for migration. They feed frequently while active during the day and when temperatures drop, particularly on cold nights, they may conserve energy by entering hypothermic torpor.
-These birds feed on [[nectar]] from [[flower]]s using a long extendable tongue or catch [[insect]]s on the wing.
+The birds feed on nectar from flowers and flowering trees 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.
+Females lay two white eggs averaging {{units|12.9 by 8.5 mm|0.5 by 0.3 in}}.
-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.
+}}
-== External links ==
-* http://www.hummingbirdsociety.org/photogallery - photographs of this and other hummingbird species
-[[Category:archilocus]]
-[[da:Rubinstrube]]
-[[de:Rubinkehlkolibri]]
-[[fr:Colibri à gorge rubis]]