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ruby-throated hummingbird broad-tailed hummingbird Allen's hummingbird rufous hummingbird on a branch
Watch the courtship display of the male Anna's hummingbird and the hen's use of food to coax fledglings to fly
Costa's hummingbird
Learn how a hummingbird can fly in any direction and about its iridescent plumage
Rivoli's hummingbird Body plans of hummingbirds. Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
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Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
hummingbird summary
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Watch the courtship display of the male Anna's hummingbird and the hen's use of food to coax fledglings to fly
Learn about the courtship behaviour of the male Anna's hummingbird (Calypte annae),...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Learn how a hummingbird can fly in any direction and about its iridescent plumage
The unique architecture of the hummingbird's wings allow it to hover over flowers...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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ruby-throated hummingbird
Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
broad-tailed hummingbird
Broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Allen's hummingbird
Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
rufous hummingbird on a branch
Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) on a branch in North Cascades National...
U.S. National Park Service
Costa's hummingbird
Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae) foraging for nectar in the bright red...
© Robert A. Tyrrell/Oxford Scientific Films
Rivoli's hummingbird
Rivoli's hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens) has iridescent structural colour.
Earl Kubis—Root Resources/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Body plans of hummingbirds.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Allen's hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)
Arvil L. Parker
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