ruby-throated hummingbird
noun
ru·by-throat·ed hummingbird
ˈrü-bē-ˌthrō-təd- 
: a hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) of eastern North America having a bright metallic green back, whitish underparts, and in the adult male a red throat
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Journey North has published nine papers based on the monarch butterfly, and one on the ruby-throated hummingbird.
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Ian Vorster, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2015
And sorry, but your metabolism will never match that of the ruby-throated hummingbird, which has the highest metabolic rate of any vertebrate when active.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2017
Hampshire County: two cackling geese at the campus pond at UMass in Amherst, six American golden-plovers, a ruby-throated hummingbird, two dickcissels, and a Nelson’s sparrow in Northampton’s East Meadows.
—Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022
But the bright colors and startling speed of a ruby-throated hummingbird stunned her all the same.
—Kyle Bagenstose, USA TODAY, 3 June 2022
Many bird species, such as the ruby-throated hummingbird, use bits of lichen to construct nests.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2022
Among hummingbird species, only the ruby-throated hummingbird nests east of the Rocky Mountains.
—Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 15 July 2021
The wings of a ruby-throated hummingbird beat about 53 times per second, according to the Cornell website.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2021
But only one, the ruby-throated hummingbird, breeds in the eastern United States, including Massachusetts.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2021
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Ian Vorster, Discover Magazine, 22 Mar. 2015
And sorry, but your metabolism will never match that of the ruby-throated hummingbird, which has the highest metabolic rate of any vertebrate when active.
—Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 5 Feb. 2017
Hampshire County: two cackling geese at the campus pond at UMass in Amherst, six American golden-plovers, a ruby-throated hummingbird, two dickcissels, and a Nelson’s sparrow in Northampton’s East Meadows.
—Maria Elena Little Endara, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2022
But the bright colors and startling speed of a ruby-throated hummingbird stunned her all the same.
—Kyle Bagenstose, USA TODAY, 3 June 2022
Many bird species, such as the ruby-throated hummingbird, use bits of lichen to construct nests.
—Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 15 Feb. 2022
Among hummingbird species, only the ruby-throated hummingbird nests east of the Rocky Mountains.
—Jim Gilbert, Star Tribune, 15 July 2021
The wings of a ruby-throated hummingbird beat about 53 times per second, according to the Cornell website.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2021
But only one, the ruby-throated hummingbird, breeds in the eastern United States, including Massachusetts.
—BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2021
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