rubythroatn.
/ˈruːbɪθrəʊt/, U.S. /ˈrubiˌθroʊt/ 1. Either of two migratory songbirds of the nightingale genus Luscinia (family Muscicapidae (or Turdidae)), breeding in eastern Eurasia, the males of which have a red throat; esp. (in full Siberian rubythroat) L. calliope, which occasionally reaches western Europe. Formerly also † rubythroat thrush, † rubythroat warbler.
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1783 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds II. i. 463 Ruby-Throat, Motacilla calliope.
1817 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. ii. 644 Ruby-throat warbler (Sylvia Calliope).
1829 E. Griffith et al. Cuvier's Animal Kingdom VI. 440 Ruby-throat Thrush. T. Calliope... An Accentor, according to Temminck.
1907 Auk 24 278 The first bird in Kamchatka to attract attention is the Siberian Ruby-throat (Calliope calliope),..for its most exquisite song.
1997 Daily Tel. 21 Oct. 10/1 The male Siberian Ruby Throat has been sighted near Osmington Mills.., after being blown off course on its migration to southern Asia.
2008 D. L. Pearson & L. Beletsky Thailand 338/1 Siberian Rubythroat... Common but often elusive winter visitor.
2. North American. The ruby-throated hummingbird, Archilochus colubris.
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1834 T. Nuttall Man. Ornithol. U.S. & Canada: Water Birds App. 606 Our little western wanderer [sc. the Nootka Humming-bird], no less adventurous than the Ruby-throat, traverses the whole continent.
1892 B. Torrey Foot-path Way 138 He had found four nests of the ruby-throat, but had seen no male about any of them after nidification was begun.
1904 F. S. Mathews Field Bk. Wild Birds & their Music 34 Our own little Ruby-throat..is comparatively small beside the largest and most magnificent species recently discovered in Arizona.
1993 Canad. Living June 118/2 The rubythroat is the only hummer east of the Rockies.
2008 L. Gates & T. Gates Enjoying Hummingbirds ii. 72 Bird-watchers in the East sometimes mistakenly think they have seen a Black-chinned Hummingbird at their feeder when what they have actually seen is a Ruby-throat with a darkened gorget.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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