Archilochus | |
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Male ruby-throated hummingbird | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: |
Archilochus L. Reichenbach, 1854 |
Species | |
A. colubris |
A. colubris
A. alexandri
Archilochus is a genus of hummingbirds. It consists of two small migratory species which breed in North America and winter in Central America, Mexico and the southern United States.
They are:
"National Geographic" Field Guide to the Birds of North America