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rufous hummingbird

American  

noun

  1. a reddish-brown hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, of western North America.


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Around these parts, it’s the ruby-throated hummingbird that holds court, though the occasional rufous hummingbird also drops in.

From Washington Post Jul. 11, 2022

In January I wrote about an unlikely visitor to Green Spring Gardens in Fairfax County: a rufous hummingbird.

From Washington Post Dec. 29, 2021

About a month later, Amy Dowe of the Cayuga community in Hinds County saw something she’d never seen - a rufous hummingbird.

From Washington Times Nov. 14, 2020

Some make epic migrations between their wintering and breeding grounds: One record-setting rufous hummingbird was tracked more than 3,500 miles from Tallahassee, Florida, to near Anchorage, Alaska.

From National Geographic Apr. 18, 2018

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