Hummingbirds
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Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female) - approx. 9 cm
Order: Apodiformes (Swifts & Hummingbirds)
Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
Genus: Archilochus
Species: Colubris
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female) - approx. 9 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010
The only Hummingbird species found regularly in Ontario -
this one was feeding on Jewelweed (Spotted
Touch-me-not) nectar
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (female) - approx. 9 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010
Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (male & female) - approx. 9 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010
Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on Jewelweed nectar - approx. 9 cm - Lower Don Valley (Crother's Woods) - September 2010
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata (Vertebrates)
Class: Aves (Birds)
The top bird has the dark throat of a male (red throat
appears dark in some lighting)