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Ruby-throated hummingbird
Archilochus colubris · Family Trochilidae
Archilochus colubris
Family Trochilidae
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 4,605,860
- Countries and territories with records
- 22
About this species
This species has 4,605,860 occurrence records from 22 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from the United States (86%) and Canada (11.8%); together they account for 97.8% of the total. In the United States, this species accounts for 0.36% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Archilochus colubris combines the genus name Archilochus with the species epithet colubris. The Warbla app catalog lists one other species of the genus Archilochus: Archilochus alexandri.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 345 species of the family Trochilidae. This species ranks 2nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Calypte anna. Its record count is 67.2 times the family average (68,569). The family Trochilidae belongs to the order Apodiformes, which has 452 species in the Warbla app catalog.