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Expand your knowledge about hummingbirds with this fun fact!

Rufous Hummingbird

The Rufous Hummingbird is known as one of the feistiest type of hummingbirds found in North America. They will relentlessly attack and aggressively drive away other hummingbirds, even the larger species of the southwest.

Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds are the only hummingbird species that are typically all over the Eastern United States and Canada. They are small hummingbirds with a slender downcurved bill.

Black Metaltail

The Black Metaltail is a species of hummingbird that is fairly common in dry scrub along most of the west slope of the Andes.

Purple-Bibbed Whitetip

The Purple-Bibbed Whitetip is a hummingbird species found in Colombia and Ecuador. Both sexes are mostly green with a short, white line behind eye.

Canivet's Emerald

The Canivet's Emerald is a small hummingbird found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.

Purple-Backed Thornbill

The Purple-Backed Thornbill is a small hummingbird with an extremely short, straight bill. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.

Brown Violetear

The Brown Violetear is a large hummingbird that breeds at middle elevations in the mountains in Central America, and western and northern South America with isolated populations on Trinidad and in the Brazilian state Bahia.