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Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Classification

Class
Aves

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 population estimates of about 35 million in 2021. Taxonomy The ruby-throated hummingbird was formally described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae under the binomial name Trochilus colubris.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United States of America · 2,246,151Canada · 288,527Mexico · 25,952United Kingdom · 113France · 23Cuba · 21