Rufous Hummingbird

Selasphorus rufus

Order

APODIFORMES

Family

Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Code 4

RUHU

Code 6

SELRUF

ITIS

HEAD

Rufous Hummingbird Head Illustration.jpg
  • Bill Shape: Needle
  • Eye Color: Brown.
  • Head pattern: Plain
  • Crown Color: Green
  • Forehead Color: Green
  • Nape Color: Green
  • Throat Color: Orange-red
  • Cere color: No Data

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BODY

Rufous Hummingbird Body Illustration.jpg
  • Length Range: 10 cm (3.75 in)
  • Weight: 3 g (0.1 oz)
  • Size: Very Small (3 - 5 in)
  • Color Primary: Green, Rufous or Rust, Sheen or Iridescence
  • Underparts: White with red-brown on sides and flanks.
  • Upperparts: Green
  • Back Pattern: Spotted or speckled, Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

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  • Flight Pattern: Hovers when feeding.
  • Wingspan Range: 12 cm (4.75 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail shape: Fan-shaped Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Banded
  • Upper Tail: Red-brown
  • Under Tail: Red-brown
  • Leg Color: Black
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