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Costa's hummingbird Calypte costae. Jamaican mango Anthracothorax mango. Purple-throated carib Eulampis jugularis. Red-billed streamertail Trochilus polytmus. Ruby-topaz hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus. Rufous-breasted hermit Glaucis hirsutus. Vervain hummingbird Mellisuga minima. White-necked jacobin Florisuga mellivora. Common name.
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.
Hummingbirds are the smallest mature birds, measuring 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) in length. The smallest is the 5 cm (2.0 in) bee hummingbird, which weighs less than 2.0 g (0.07 oz), and the largest is the 23 cm (9 in) giant hummingbird, weighing 18–24 grams (0.63–0.85 oz).
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. It is one of nine species in the genus Selasphorus.
Description. This species is small, as a mature adult grows to only 3–3.5 in (7.6–8.9 cm) in length, with a wingspan of 11 cm, [10] and an average weight of 3.05 g for males and 3.22 g for females. [3][11] The male has a mainly green back and flanks, a small black tail and wings, and patches of white below their gorgeted throat and tail.
The blue-throated mountaingem is the largest hummingbird found in the United States. It is 11.2 to 12.8 cm (4.4 to 5.0 in) long. Males weigh an average of 8.4 g (0.30 oz) and females 6.8 g (0.24 oz). Both sexes have a medium-length black bill, though there is some variation among the subspecies and females' bills are longer than males'.
Binomial name. Selasphorus heloisa. (Lesson & Delattre, 1839) Synonyms. Atthis heloisa[3] The bumblebee hummingbird (Selasphorus heloisa) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is endemic to Mexico, but has occurred as a vagrant in the United States. [4][3][5]
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]