#1409 · 🐦 birds

Rufous Hummingbird

🇳🇱 Rosse Kolibrie ·Selasphorus rufus

NTnear threatened 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Andrew Reding · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Jefferson Shank · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Mike Stewart · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Wendy Feltham · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Connor · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Bethel, AK, USA:© Danny Nelson · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Comox-Strathcona D, , BC, CA:© Kate McKeown · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. Alice:© Mike Stewart · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Deer Island, West Isles, NB, CA:© kwilmarth · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

1 in) long with a long, straight and slender bill. These birds are known for their extraordinary flight skills, flying 2,000 mi (3,200 km) during their migratory transits. It is one of seven species in the genus Selasphorus .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 23,529iNaturalist observations
weight 0.6 gadult, up to
threat NTnear threatened

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.
23,529 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788 (238 years ago).