Ruby-throated Hummingbird
date: label: Collection Date
content: 1985
name: label: Discipline
content: Vertebrate Zoology
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This is a Ruby-throated Hummingbird. The name hummingbird comes from the humming sound their wings make as they are flying. Hummingbirds are the only birds that can fly backward.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Feb 2024
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: North America, United States, Maryland, Montgomery County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Archilochus colubris
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO64642
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Tetrapoda, Aves, Apodiformes, Trochilidae, Trochilinae
physicalDescription: label: Sex
content: Female