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===Predators=== [[Mantis|Praying mantises]] have been observed as predators of hummingbirds.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Fisher |first=R. Jr. |date=1994 |title=Praying mantis catches and eats hummingbird |journal=Birding |volume=26 |pages=376}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lorenz |first=S. |date=2007 |title=Carolina mantid (''Stagmomantis carolina'') captures and feeds on a broad-tailed hummingbird (''Selasphorus platycercus'') |journal=Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society |volume=40 |pages=37β38}}</ref><ref name="nyff">{{Cite journal |last1=Nyffeler |first1=Martin |last2=Maxwell |first2=Michael R. |last3=Remsen |first3=J.V. |year=2017 |title=Bird predation by praying mantises: A global perspective |url=https://bioone.org/journals/the-wilson-journal-of-ornithology/volume-129/issue-2/16-100.1/Bird-Predation-By-Praying-Mantises-A-Global-Perspective/10.1676/16-100.1.full |journal=The Wilson Journal of Ornithology |volume=129 |issue=2 |pages=331β344 |doi=10.1676/16-100.1 |issn=1559-4491 |s2cid=90832425}}</ref> Other predators include [[Cat|domestic cats]], [[dragonfly|dragonflies]], [[frog]]s, [[orb-weaver spider]]s, and other birds, such as the [[roadrunner]].<ref name=abc/><ref>{{Cite web |first=Sharon |last=Stiteler |date=29 October 2015 |title=Which animals prey on hummingbirds? |url=https://www.audubon.org/news/which-animals-prey-hummingbirds |access-date=4 November 2021 |publisher=National Audubon Society}}</ref>
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