Ruby-throated hummingbird

Archilochus colubris · Trochilidae

The ruby-throated hummingbird 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.

Where the Ruby-throated hummingbird lives

Recorded in United States of America and Canada (North America).

Most records fall in Florida, Ontario, Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania.

See the Ruby-throated hummingbird’s range on the globe

Conservation status

Least concern (LC). Not at risk: it is doing well in the wild. Categories are the IUCN Red List as republished by GBIF.

Sources

The range is a density of 4,609,316 georeferenced GBIF records, not an expert-drawn map. Description from Wikipedia.