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If you know of a useful reference related to Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (Archilochus colubris) that is not listed below, please send the reference--with an abstract, if possible--to WEBMASTER.
References listed in boldface are highly recommended by Operation RubyThroat.
Ammann, G.A. 1988. Fledgling of a ruby-throated hummingbird. Migrant; 59(4):116.
Arizmendi M.C. and J.F. Ornelas. 1990. Hummingbirds and their floral resources in a tropical dry forest in Mexico. Biotropica 22:172–180.
Austin, D.V. 1975. Bird flowers in the eastern United States. Florida Sci. 38:1-12. (Back to Foraging Behavior.)
Backstrom, P. 1992. Observations on a November 1992 Meeker County ruby-throated hummingbird. Loon; 64(4):183-188.
Bacon, P.R. 1973. Hummingbird drinking seawater. Auk; 90(4):917.
Bagg, A.M., W.W.H. Gunn, D.S. Miller, J.T. Nichols, W. Smith, and F. P. Wolfarth. 1950. Barometric pressure-patterns and spring bird migration. Wilson Bull. 62:5-19.
Baker, H.G. 1975. Sugar concentrations in nectars from hummingbird flowers. Biotropica 7(1):37-41.
Baker, H.G. 1977. Non-sugar chemical constituents of nectar. Apidologie 8(4):349-356.
Baltosser, W.H. 1987. Age, species, and sex determination of four North American hummingbirds. N. American Bird Bander 12:151-166.
Baumgartner, A. M. 1986. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD BANDED IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA RECOVERED IN SOUTH-CENTRAL TEXAS. Bull. Okla. Ornithol. Soc. 19(3):21-23.
Baumgartner, A. M. 1989. COMPOSITION OF RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD POPULATIONS IN NORTHEAST OKLAHOMA. Bull. Okla. Ornithol. Soc. 22(1):3-5.
Baumgartner, A. M. 1989. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD POPULATIONS IN NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA - 1977-1988. N. Am. Bird Bander 14(4):115-117.
Bené, F. 1947. The feeding and related behavior of hummingbirds with special reference to the black-chin, Archilochus alexandri (Bourcier and Mulsant). Mem. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 9:395-478.
Benson, R.D. 1982. THE MISUNDERSTOOD ETYMOLOGIES OF THE GENERIC NAMES ARCHILOCHUS, ATTHIS, AND PHAETHON. S.D. Bird Notes 34(1):11-17.
Bent, A.C. 1940. Life histories of North American cuckoos, goatsuckers, hummingbirds, and their allies, pt. II. U.S. Natl. Mus. Bull. pp. 332-352.
Bertin, R. I. 1982. THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD AND ITS MAJOR FOOD PLANTS: RANGES, FLOWERING PHENOLOGY, AND MIGRATION. Can. J. Zool. 60(2):210-219.
Binford, L.C. 1997. First State Record: Broad-billed Hummingbird. Michigan Birds and Natural History 4:47-50.
Buettner, M. A. 1982. STRANGE BEHAVIOR OF A RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. Blue Jay 40(4):218.
Chartier, A.T. 1998. Twenty-two Years of Ruby-throated Hummingbird Migration at Holiday Beach Conservation Area, Ontario, Canada. Ontario Birds 16(3):101-110.
Chartier, A.T. 2002. Rufous Hummingbirds in Michigan. Michigan Birds and Natural History 9: 79-88.
Cole, R. E. and A. Engilis Jr. 1986. FIRST RECORD OF A RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD IN CALIFORNIA. West. Birds 17(1):41-42.
Davis, L.I. 1972. A Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico and Central America. University of Texas Press, Austin.
Dennis, J.V. 1954. Meteorological analysis of occurrence of grounded migrants at Smith Point, Texas, April 17-May 17, 1951. Wilson Bull. 66:102-111.
Dickey, D.R. and A.J. van Rossem. 1938. The birds of El Salvador. Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Zool. Ser. 23:1-609.
Edwards, E.P. 1973. A Field Guide to the Birds of Mexico. E.P. Edwards, Sweet Briar, Virginia.
Epp, S. 1996. Birch sap tree utilization by yellow-bellied sapsuckers, ruby-throated hummingbirds and red squirrels. J. Minn. Acad. Sci.; 60(2):31 [abstract only].
Foster, W.L. and J. Tate Jr. The activities and coactions of animals at sapsucker trees. Living Bird 5:87-114.
Franks, E.C. and E.T. Faries. 1977. A SIMPLE DIET FOR CAPTIVE RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS (ARCHILOCHUS COLUBRIS). Avic. Mag. 83(2):75-76.
Godfrey, W.E. 1966. The birds of Canada. Nat. Mus. Can. Bull. 203 (Biol. Ser. 73):1-428.
Goertz, J.W., A. S. Morris and S. M. Morris. 1980. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS FEED AT NIGHT WITH THE AID OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHT. Wilson Bull.92(3):398-399.
Griffin, D.R. 1973. Oriented bird migration in or between opaque cloud layers. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 117:117-141.
Hainsworth, F.R. 1976. Nectar characteristics and food selection by hummingbirds. Oecologia 25:101-113.
Hanan, P. 1995. BEHAVIOR OF A RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD IN THE RAIN. Md. Birdlife 51(2):90.
Harris, B. 1987. FIRST CONFIRMED NESTING OF THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD IN SOUTH DAKOTA. S.D. Bird Notes 39(3):66-67.
Hartman, F.A. 1954. Cardiac and pectoral muscles of Trochilidae. Auk 71:467-469.
Hauser, D.C. and N. Currie Jr. 1966. Hummingbird survives through December in North Carolina. Auk 83:138-139.
Hilton Jr., B. 1997. Hawk Mountain hummingbirds. WildBird 11(5):27-29.
Hilton Jr., B. 1994. Migration of ruby-throated hummingbirds. WildBird 8(5):42-45.
Hilton Jr., B. 1990. Sex ratios in Piedmont, South Carolina, ruby-throated hummingbirds (Archilochis colubris). Bull. S.C. Acad. Sci.; 52:63-64. Abstract only. WR 221
Hilton Jr., B. 1987. Hummingbirds; Indicators of tropical trouble? (in: The Piedmont Naturalist, Vol. I-1986). Hilton Pond Press, York, South Carolina. pp. 27-29. (Go to article.)
Hilton Jr., B. 1987. Trumpet creepers and hummingbird bills (in: The Piedmont Naturalist, Vol. I-1986). Hilton Pond Press, York, South Carolina. pp. 24-26. (Go to article.)
Hilton Jr., B. 1987. Bird Banding: Experiencing the Scientific Method. South Carolina Department of Education Dissemination Grant Program, Columbia, South Carolina.
Hilton Jr., B and M.W. Miller. 2003. Annual survival and recruitment in a Ruby-throated Hummingbird population, excluding the effect of transient individuals. Condor 105:54-62.
Hinman, D.A. 1928. Habits of the ruby-throated hummingbird. Auk 45:504-505.
Hooker, M.T. 1990. SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD MIGRATION THROUGH THE ALLEGHENY FRONT OF WEST VIRGINIA. Redstart 57(2):50-54.
Hubbard, J. P. and A. L. Gennaro. 1985 RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD IN NEW MEXICO. Am. Birds 39(2):134.
James, R.L. 1948. Some hummingbird flowers east of the Mississippi. Castanea 13:97-109.
Johnson, J.C. 1970. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD ACTIVITIES. Inl. Bird Banding News 44(6):211-224.
Johnson, J.C. 1970. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD STUDIES. PART III: PROCEDURES FOR TRAPPING AND BANDING HUMMINGBIRDS. Inl. Bird Banding News 42(5):163-169.
Land, H. 1970. Birds of Guatemala. Livingston Publishing Co., Narberth, Pennsylvania.
Lasiewski, R.C., W.W. Weathers, and M.H. Bernstein. 1962. Energetics of migrating hummingbirds. Condor 64:324.
Leberman, R.C. 1972. Identify, sex, and age it: Key to age and sex determination of Ruby-throated Hummingbirds in autumn. Inland Bird Banding News 44:197-202.
McGrath, J.E. and J.C. Moss. 1988. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD COMPLETES NESTING AT RELOCATED SITE. Jack-Pine Warbler 66(4):159-160.
Melius, M. 1995. CUSTER COUNTY RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD RECORD. S.D. Bird Notes 47(1):14.
Miller, K. 1997. First State Record: Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus). Michigan Birds and Natural History 4: 51-56.
Miller, R.S. and R.E. Miller. 1971. Feeding activity and color preference of ruby-throated hummingbirds. Condor 73:309-313.
Miller, R.S. and R.W. Nero. 1983. HUMMINGBIRD-SAPSUCKER ASSOCIATIONS IN NORTHERN CLIMATES. Can. J. Zool. 61(7):1540-1546.
Monroe Jr., B.L. 1968. A distributional study of the birds of British Honduras. Am. Ornithol. Union Monogr. 7.
Moore, T.S. 1979. WINTER RECORD FOR RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD IN COBB COUNTY. Oriole 44(4):90-91.
Mulvihill, R.S. and R.C. Leberman. 1987. BIRD BANDING AT POWDERMILL, 1985. WITH A SUMMARY OF RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD BANDING DATA. Powdermill Nat. Reserve Res. Rep.; No. 46. 19 pp.
Mulvihill, R.S., R.C. Leberman, and D.S. Wood. 1992. A possible relationship between reversed sexual size dimorphism and reduced male survivorship in the Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Condor 94:480-489.
Nickell, W.P. 1948. Alternate care of two nests by a ruby-throated hummingbird. Wilson Bull. 60:242-243.
Norris, E.A., C.E. Connell, and D.W. Johnston. Notes on fall plumages, weights, and fat condition in the ruby-throated hummingbird. Wilson Bull. 69:155-163.
Ortiz-Crespo, F.I. 1972. A new method to separate immature and adult hummingbirds. Auk 89:851-857.
Paynter Jr., R.J. 1955. The ornithogeography of the Yucatán Peninsula. Bull. Peabody Mus. (9):1-347.
Peterson, R.T. and E.L. Chalif. 1973. A Field Guide to Mexican Birds. Houghton Mifflin, Boston Massachusetts.
Pickens, A.L. 1927. Unique method of pollination by the ruby-throat. Auk 44:14-17.
Pickens, A.L. 1930. Favorite colors of hummingbirds. Auk 47:346-352.
Pickens, A.L. 1944. Seasonal territory studies of ruby-throats. Auk 61:88-92.
Pickens, A.L. and L.P. Garrison. 1931. Two-year record of the ruby-throat's visits to a garden. Auk 48:532-537.
Pitelka, F.A. 1942. Territoriality and related problems in North American hummingbirds. Condor 44:189-204.
Raynor, G.S. 1956. Meteorological variables and the northward movement of nocturnal land bird migrants. Auk 73:153-175.
Richardson, J. 1993. UNUSUAL RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD ENCOUNTERS AND A LATE FALL RECORD. Blue Jay 51(3):143-146.
Ridgeley, R.S. 1976. A Guide to the Birds of Panama. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
Robinson, T.R., Sargent, R.R.; Sargent and M.G. Sargent. 1996. Ruby- throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) Birds N. Am.; 204:1-16.
Russell, S.M. 1964. A distributional study of the birds of British Honduras. Am. Ornithol. Union Monogr. 1:1-195.
Schumacher, C. 1994. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD OBSERVATIONS: WINONA. Loon 66(4):211-212.
Sealy, S.G. 1986. RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD ASSOCIATING WITH A FORAGING HAIRY WOODPECKER. Blue Jay 44(4):241-242.
Slud, P. 1964. The birds of Costa Rica: distribution and ecology. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. Bull. 128:1-430.
Smyth, J. D. 1990. MATING BEHAVIOR OF THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. Md. Birdlife 46(3):84-85.
Sorrie, B.A. 1980. NOTE ON THE IDENTIFICATION OF SELASPHORUS AND ARCHILOCHUS HUMMINGBIRDS. Bird Observer East. Mass. 8(4):143-146.
Southwick, E. E. 1977. ASPECTS OF AN INTERRUPTED INCUBATION BY THE RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD. Jack-Pine Warbler 55 (2): 58-62.
Southwick, E.E. and A.K. Southwick. 1980. ENERGETICS OF FEEDING ON TREE SAP BY RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS IN MICHIGAN. Am. Midl. Nat. 104(2):328-334.
Stiles, F.G. 1975. Ecology, flowering phenology, and hummingbird pollination of some Costa Rica Heliconia species. Ecology 56:285-301.
Strnad, F. 1973. BANDING RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS IN MINNESOTA. Inl. Bird Banding News 45(6):215-217.
Terborgh, J. 1989. Where Have All the Birds Gone? Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, New Jersey.
Van Riper, W. 1958. Hummingbird feeding preferences. Auk 75:100-101.
Waide, R.B. 1980. Resource partitioning between migrant and resident birds: The use of irregular resources. In: Keast, A. and E.S. Morton, eds. 1980. Migrant Birds in the Neotropics: Ecology, Behavior, Distribution, and Conservation. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, DC, pp. 337-352.
Welter, W.A. 1935. Nesting habits of ruby-throated hummingbird. Auk 52:88-89.
Wetmore, A. 1968. The birds of the Republic of Panamá. Smithson. Misc. Coll. 150, pt. 2.
Whitney Jr., N.R. 1978. ARCHILOCHUS SPECIES OBSERVED AT RAPID CITY. S.D. Bird Notes 30(1):17.
Whittle, C.L. 1937. A study of hummingbird behavior during a nesting season. Bird-banding 8:170-173.
Willimont, L.A., S.E. Senner and L.J. Goodrich. 1988. FALL MIGRATION OF RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS IN THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES. Wilson Bull. 100(3):482-488.
Womack, E. 1994. NOTABLE RECAPTURES OF BANDED RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRDS. Bull. Okla. Ornithol. Soc. 27(4):30-31.
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