# Archilochus colubris (Male)

- By: Joe Schneid, Louisville, Kentucky
- Date: 2006-06-28
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Archilochus_colubris_(Male).jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY 3.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/commons/thumb/f/f3/Archilochus_colubris_%28Male%29.jpg/1920px-Archilochus_colubris_%28Male%29.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Male ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) guarding his territory from the top of a tomato stake. He will chase off any other hummingbirds that try to feed in "his" area.