Ruby-throated Hummingbird Images

Ruby-throated Hummingbird Images, Facts and Information:

Archilochus colubris

  • Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are tiny birds with iridescent green backs, white underparts, and males have a distinct ruby-red throat. Females have a white throat.
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are migratory. They breed in eastern North America and migrate to Central America for the winter. Some populations winter in southern Florida.
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbirds thrive in habitats with abundant flowers, such as gardens, wood edges, parks, and open clearings in forests.
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbirds eat nectar from flowers like trumpet creeper, bee balm, and jewelweed, as well as small insects and spiders.
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbirds lay 2 eggs which incubate for 11 to 16 days. The female incubates the eggs and feeds the young. They are not monogamous.
  • Ruby-throated Hummingbirds are often called “hummers.”
  • A group of hummingbirds can be called a “charm,” “bouquet,” “glittering,” or “tune” of hummingbirds.
  • The oldest known Ruby-throated Hummingbird was 9 years old.

I hope you enjoy viewing my Ruby-throated Hummingbird photos.

Back to Hummingbirds
Back to Birds