Species Profile
Trochilus colubris
Ruby-throated hummingbird
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassAves
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Trochilus colubris lives in gardens and forests.
It feeds on flower nectar and insects.
Important pollinating bird.
Size & Structure
01
Very small body
02
Long slender beak
03
Rapid wing movement
04
Iridescent throat
Trochilus colubris — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Deuterostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Highly developed
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed, double, complete
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Lungs with air sacs
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ system level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Pollination of flowers
Maintains plant diversity
Insect control
Economic Importance
Pollination services
Ecological studies
Ecotourism value