#1277 · 🐦 birds

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

🇳🇱 Robijnkeelkolibrie ·Archilochus colubris

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

what is it?

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 by far the most common hummingbird seen east of the Mississippi River in North America.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 103,345iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
103,345 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).