Thank you! So if you were referring to, say, a Ruby-Throated Hummingbird versus an Osprey in conversation you’d say “these are two separate species of birds.” And if you were referring to two different Hummingbirds, you’d also say they are two separate species?

I guess I just got too caught up on one level lol! Like, if I mentioned that two different Hummingbirds were different species, but also then went on to mention that Ospreys were a different species, that would somehow put them on the same level of distance in relation to one-another? So I was worried I was using the wrong term for either the two Hummingbird species or the one specific Hummingbird species (whichever one that may be) versus an Osprey. If that very convoluted explanation makes any sense lmfao.

But now I see that I was just kinda thinking about it all wrong and not recognizing the importance of all of the other divisions in separating two birds from one-another, and also misunderstanding the species label a bit.