Ruby-throated hummingbird

Ruby-throated hummingbird
Male
Female
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Strisores
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochilidae
Genus: Archilochus
Species:
A. colubris
Binomial name
Archilochus colubris
Approximate distribution map
  Breeding
  Migration
  Non-breeding
Synonyms

Trochilus colubris Linnaeus, 1758

The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Canada and other parts of Eastern North America for the summer to breed. It is the most common hummingbird in eastern North America, having population estimates of about 35 million in 2021.

  1. ^ "Ruby-throated hummingbird". International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species. 2023. Retrieved 22 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.