Editing Ruby-throated hummingbird (section)

{{short description|Species of bird}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Ruby-throated hummingbird
| image = Archilochus colubris -flying -male-8.jpg
| image_caption = Male
| image2 = Ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) female Palopo.jpg
| image2_caption =Female
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref =<ref name="iucn">{{cite web |title=Ruby-throated hummingbird |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22688193/186910664 |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List of Threatened Species |access-date=22 April 2023 |date=2023}}</ref>
| status2 = CITES_A2 
| status2_system = CITES 
| status2_ref =<ref>{{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}</ref>
| genus = Archilochus
| species = colubris
| authority = ([[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]])
| range_map = Archilochus colubris map.svg
| range_map_caption = Approximate distribution map
{{leftlegend|#f18e08|Breeding}}
{{leftlegend|#ffd42a|Migration}}
{{leftlegend|#5f9ed3|Non-breeding}}
| synonyms = ''Trochilus colubris'' {{small|Linnaeus,&nbsp;1758}}
}}

The '''ruby-throated hummingbird''' ('''''Archilochus colubris''''') is a species of [[hummingbird]] that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Canada and other parts of Eastern North America for the summer to breed. It is the most common hummingbird in eastern North America, having population estimates of about 35 million in 2021.