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Rufous Hummingbird

Rufous Hummingbird. Classification. Kingdom: Animalia. Phylum: Chordata (fish, amphibian, reptiles, birds and mammals). Class : Aves (birds). Order: Apodiformes (swifts & hummingbirds). Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds). Genus: Selasphorus. Species: Selasphorus Rufus

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Rufous Hummingbird

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  1. Rufous Hummingbird

  2. Classification • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • (fish, amphibian, reptiles, birds and mammals) • Class: Aves • (birds) • Order: Apodiformes • (swifts & hummingbirds) • Family: Trochilidae • (hummingbirds) • Genus: Selasphorus • Species: SelasphorusRufus • (Rufous hummingbird)

  3. Physical Characteristics Both Male & Female: • Wingspan: 4.3 in. • Length: 2.8-3.5 in. • Weight: 0.1-0.2 oz.

  4. Female: • Greenish gold crown and back • white breast • throat has iridescent red spot • red tail with black patches and white tips

  5. Male: • green back • red rump and tail • white belly and breast • throat has green spot with red spot in center

  6. Distribution • United States • Canada • Mexico; • Turks and Caicos Islands;

  7. Habitat • Open Woodlands • Shrubby areas and meadows

  8. Conservation status 2009 • Although population is decreasing • Not enough to be Vulnerable • Due to extremely large population: • 6,500,000

  9. Reproduction • Males attract females with courtship flights • Mating Season: • April-June • Males mate with several females • 2-3 eggs • Start mating the spring after they • are born

  10. Parental care • First flight from being born: 20-30 days • Babies stay with mother for about a year

  11. Nests are made by just the female • The babies are looked after by the female only

  12. Young male fledglings resemble females

  13. Longevity and mortality • Lifespan: Average 3-4 years • Oldest recorded: 8 years 11 months • In the captivity the Rufous lives about 3 times longer than in the wild

  14. Seasonal patterns The Rufous hummingbird migrates • Travel 4,000 miles from breeding grounds • Alaska/North Canada to Mexico

  15. Diet • Feeds on nectar from tubular flowers • Examples: Columbine, Indian paint brush, • lilies and fireweeds

  16. It also eats gnats, flies, aphids, and spiders for protein.

  17. Consumes up to 3X its body weight per day Burn up huge amounts of calories— the equivalent to humans: washed down with 60 liters of water 1,300 hamburgers a day

  18. Predators

  19. Human Relationships • People enjoy feeding/ holding • Feeders beneficial for their long migration trips

  20. Habitat Destruction

  21. Use of pesticides

  22. Humans are seldom a direct threat; but their windows can be deadly.

  23. In class of its own, the feisty Rufous hummingbird

  24. Hovers like a helicopter

  25. A female rufous hummingbird hovers above water droplets from a backyard fountain.

  26. Out maneuvers a fighter jet

  27. Can come to a dead from 25 miles per hour, in a space no longer than an index finger.

  28. More stamina than a top, marathon athlete • About 3,900-mile (one-way) from Alaska to Mexico

  29. Would give competitive eaters a run for their money!

  30. Work cited Burton, Robert. The World of the Hummingbird. Buffalo: Firefly books, 2001. Print. Howell, Steve N. G. Hummingbirds of North America. Princeton: Princeton UP, 2003. Print. "The Hummingbird: God’s Tiny Miracle." Answers in Genesis. Answers in Genesis, 2012. Web. 25 Mar. 2013. <http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/cm/v14/n1/hummingbird>. "Hummingbird - Mighty Puffball." Bird Note. Bird Note, n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2013. "Hummingbird Quotes." Bird Quote. Bird Quote, 2013. Web. 18 Mar. 2013. <http://birdquote.com/quote/hummingbird/hummingbird-quotes/>. Johnson, Craig and Joy. Pacific Northwest Birds and Habitat. N.p.: Orange spot Publishing, 2011. Print.

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