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title: "Ruby-throated Hummingbird"
description: "Archilochus colubris — Uccelli. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/ruby-throated-hummingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Ruby-throated Hummingbird

> Archilochus colubris — Uccelli. 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.

- Scientific name: *Archilochus colubris*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `urban` (Città e giardini)
- iNaturalist observations: 100741
- Wikidata: [Q834843](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q834843)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6432](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6432)

## Names

- en: Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- de: Rubinkehlkolibri
- es: Colibrí garganta rubí
- fr: Colibri à gorge rubis
- pt: Beija-flor-de-pescoço-vermelho
- pl: Koliberek rubinobrody

## Countries with the most observations

US (69121), CA (13267), MX (4270), CR (339), SV (295), GT (161), NI (153), HN (143), PA (28), BZ (23), BM (8)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby-throated_hummingbird

## Photo

![Ruby-throated Hummingbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ruby-throated-hummingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Carter Dorscht · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/180695032

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/ruby-throated-hummingbird?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).