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Studies of hummingbird metabolism address how a migrating ruby-throated hummingbird can cross 800 km (500 mi) of the Gulf of Mexico on a nonstop flight. [7] This hummingbird, like other long-distance migrating birds, stores fat as a fuel reserve, augmenting its weight by as much as 100%, then enabling metabolic fuel for flying over open water.
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 ...
List of hummingbirds known to occur in North America. Bronzy hermit, Glaucis aeneus LC. Rufous-breasted hermit, Glaucis hirsutus LC. Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri LC. Green hermit, Phaethornis guy LC. Little hermit, Phaethornis longuemareus LC. Long-billed hermit, Phaethornis longirostris LC.
QL674 .A9 1827 [ 1] The Birds of America is a book by naturalist and painter John James Audubon, containing illustrations of a wide variety of birds of the United States. It was first published as a series in sections between 1827 and 1838, in Edinburgh and London. Not all of the specimens illustrated in the work were collected by Audubon ...
The broad-billed hummingbird is a small-sized hummingbird at about 8–10 cm (3.1–3.9 in) long. [ 3] It weighs only 3–4 grams, with the male weighing slightly more than the female. [ 3] The wingspan of the hummingbird is about 13 cm (5.1 in). [ 15] It has a long, bright reddish coloured bill that has a black tip. [ 16]
Rufous-booted racket-tail Ocreatus addae. Broad-billed hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris. Brown violetear Colibri delphinae. Buff-tailed coronet Boissonneaua flavescens. Chestnut-breasted coronet Boissonneaua matthewsii. Copper-rumped hummingbird Amazilia tobaci. Costa's hummingbird Calypte costae. Jamaican mango Anthracothorax mango.
Description. The sword-billed hummingbird is among the largest species of hummingbirds. Adults are 13–14 centimetres (5.1–5.5 in) long excluding the bill and weigh 10–15 g (0.35–0.53 oz), with males being slightly larger on average than females. [ 11] The most distinctive feature of the species is the enormous bill, which is 8–12 ...
The white-eared hummingbird is 9 to 10 cm (3.5 to 3.9 in) long. Males weigh an average of 3.6 g (0.13 oz) and females 3.2 g (0.11 oz). Adults of the three subspecies are very similar. Their bills are straight; males' are red with a black tip and females' are mostly blackish with some red to orange at the base. [8]