Food Preferences of the Throated Hummingbird, Hummingbird Library

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Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

The Ruby-throated Hummingbird is a solitary creature for the most part. They generally come into contact for the purposes of mating.

The male Ruby-Throated Hummingbird is smaller than the female Ruby-Throated Hummingbird, but both tiny birds are targets of insects and larger birds.

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Food Preferences of the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

Ruby-Throated hummingbirds require a constant energy source (nectar) and protein source (insects).

The very high metabolism of Ruby-Throated hummingbirds is due to the incredible speed with which they fuby-throated hummingbird flower pollinating flaps their wings, continuously burning the food they have consumed for fuel.

After feeding on nectar of flowers, Ruby-Throated hummingbirds carry pollen to other flowers.

Ruby-Throated hummingbirds prefer red, tubular flowers as a nectar source, although they sometimes resort to eating tree sap at woodpecker drillings when necessary.

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