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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 backward
The male Anna's hummingbird is the only North American hummingbird species with a red crown. [7] [8] Females and juvenile males have a dull green crown, a grey throat with or without some red iridescence, a grey chest and belly, and a dark, rounded tail with white tips on the outer feathers. [8]
The Rivoli's hummingbird breeding season spans from May to July in the U.S and is possibly year-round in El Salvador. It has not been defined elsewhere. It builds an open cup nest of soft feathers and moss bound with spider silk and covered with lichen. The cup's interior is about 1.9 to 3.2 cm (0.75 to 1.3 in) deep and 2.9 to 3.8 cm (1.1 to 1. ...
Giant hummingbird: Patagona gigas (Vieillot, 1824) 196 Violet-chested hummingbird: Sternoclyta cyanopectus (Gould, 1846) 197 Scissor-tailed hummingbird: Hylonympha macrocerca Gould, 1873: 198 Rivoli's hummingbird: Eugenes fulgens (Swainson, 1827) 199 Talamanca hummingbird: Eugenes spectabilis (Lawrence, 1867) 200 Fiery-throated hummingbird
The ruby-throated hummingbird can only shuffle to move along a branch, although it can scratch-preen with its feet. [10] [14] The species is sexually dimorphic. [15] The adult male has a gorget (throat patch) of iridescent ruby red bordered narrowly with velvety black on the upper margin and a forked black tail with a faint violet sheen. The ...
The rest of the underparts are grayish buff with golden-green spots on the flanks. The tail is bronze with small white tips on the outer feathers. Adult females are also shining grass green above. Their underparts are mostly grayish with green spots on the chest; the center of the belly is rufescent. Young juveniles resemble the adult female. [8]
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. [ 7 ] [ 102 ] The amount of fat (1–2 g) used by a migrating hummingbird to cross the Gulf of Mexico in a single flight is similar to that used by a human ...
Rufous-tailed hummingbird Male A. t. fuscicaudata, Colombia Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix II (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Strisores Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Genus: Amazilia Species: A. tzacatl Binomial name Amazilia tzacatl (de la Llave, 1833) Range The rufous-tailed ...