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title: "All About Birds: Ruby-throated Hummingbird"
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## Ruby-throated Hummingbird 

## ![ruby](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-228551831.jpg)

© Laura Erickson

| ![what_they_eat](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-219239072.jpg?width=106&height=182&name=file-219239072.jpg) | **What they eat:** These birds mostly feed on the nectar of tubular flowers, as well as on various insects. Nectar feeders are best for attracting hummingbirds. |
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| ![how_they_sound](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-218885748.jpg?width=194&height=182&name=file-218885748.jpg "how_they_sound") | **Where they live: **Ruby-throated Hummingbirds live in and around woodland habitats, as well as fields, meadow edges, orchards, and backyards. They occur in very southeast Canada and the eastern U.S. |
| **![where_they_live](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-219130301.jpg?width=93&height=79&name=file-219130301.jpg "where_they_live")** | **Did you know? **Ruby-throated Hummingbirds prefer to feed on red or orange flowers. Like many birds, they have good color vision and can see into the ultraviolet spectrum, which humans can’t see.  |
| **![did_you_know](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-218887603.jpg?width=118&height=87&name=file-218887603.jpg)** | **How they sound:** ****A common call of this bird is an even *chee-dit,* exchanged between individuals or during chases.  |

 

**![sound](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-230263965.jpg?width=18&height=15&name=file-230263965.jpg) [Listen to the Ruby-throated Hummingbird](https://dl.allaboutbirds.org/hs-fs/hub/95627/file-232075744-mp3/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird_1_Calls.mp3?hsLang=es). **

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**To learn more, visit the Cornell Lab's free website: [www.allaboutbirds.org](http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-throated_Hummingbird/id).**

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