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Hummingbirds are New World birds that constitute the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in). Indeed, the smallest extant bird species is a hummingbird, the 5-cm bee hummingbird weighing less than a U.S. penny (2.5 g). As calculated by displacement of body size, the rufous hummingbird makes perhaps the longest migratory journey of any bird in the world. At just over 3 in long, rufous birds travel 3,900-miles one-way from Alaska to Mexico in late summer, a distance equal to 78,470,000 body lengths. Male: Red-gold iridescent throat and chin, rufous face and sides, green forehead, rufous nape and back. Female: Green back, reddish rump and tail, dull rufous sides, white breast, throat with greenish spotting, usually with red center spot. Hummingbirds are specialized nectarivores and are tied to the ornithophilous flowers upon which they feed. Some species, especially those with unusual bill shapes such as the sword-billed hummingbird and the sicklebills, are co-evolved with a small number of flower species. 3 3/4. Small hummingbird with slender, straight bill, tail tapers to a point when folded, fairly short wings that don't reach the end of the tail when perched. Male: Back, tail, underparts rusty-orange; back may have variable amounts of green. Crown green, upper breast white, throat iridescent orange red. Female: Upperparts, crown green; tail base, undertail, flanks rufous, outer tail feathers white tipped. Consumes nectar from flowers, sugar-water from hummingbird feeders, sap from holes in trees (when drilled by woodpeckers), small insects, spiders. The hummingbird family has the second-greatest number of species of any bird family (after the tyrant flycatchers). Fossil hummingbirds are known from the Pleistocene of Brazil and the Bahamas; however, neither has yet been scientifically described, and fossils and subfossils of a few extant species are known. Publication-quality 300dpi versions and prints of many of the images contained in this web site are available- inquiries welcomed- email bill@schmoker.org. Male Rufous Hummingbird, Boulder County, Colorado, 7/07. Male Rufous Hummingbird with fairly extensive green in its back, Ramsey Canyon, Arizona, 8/06. White granulated sugar is the best sweetener to use in hummingbird feeders. A ratio of 1 part sugar to 4 parts water is a common recipe, although hummingbirds will defend feeders more aggressively when sugar content is at 35%, indicating preference for nectar with higher sweetness and sugar content. Hummingbird and flower. Super coloring - free printable coloring pages for kids, coloring sheets, free colouring book, illustrations, printable pictures, clipart, black and white pictures, line art and drawings.
Male:Red-gold iridescent throat and chin,green forehead.Female:Green back, reddish rump and tail, dull rufous sides, white breast, throat with greenish spotting, usually with red center spot.