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The rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) is a small hummingbird, about 8 cm (3 in) long with a long, straight and slender bill. These birds are known for their extraordinary flight skills, flying 3,200 kilometres (2,000 miles) during their migratory transits.
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. Unless otherwise noted, all species listed below are considered to occur regularly in North America as permanent residents, summer or winter residents or visitors, or migrants.
The wine-throated hummingbird and the bumblebee hummingbird were formerly placed in the genus Atthis. Molecular phylogenetic studies published in 2014 and 2017 found that Atthis was embedded within Selasphorus. The genera were therefore merged and these hummingbirds were moved to Selasphorus. [5] [6] [7]
On occasion, a lost bird ― most often a rufous hummingbird ― is confirmed visiting the Northeast. The copper-colored rufous is the species which travels the farthest north with a range ...
Hummingbirds are currently migrating north for the summer. Check out this interactive map to see where they have been spotted in New Jersey.
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Ruby-throated hummingbird. Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae. 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. Nine species have been recorded in Tennessee. Mexican violetear, Colibri thalassinus (A) Ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus ...
[7] [8] While most hummingbirds do not migrate, the rufous hummingbird has one of the longest migrations among birds, traveling twice per year between Alaska and Mexico, a distance of about 3,900 miles (6,300 km). Hummingbirds split from their sister group, the swifts and treeswifts, around 42 million years ago. [9]