Ruby-throated
(male)
- Crown: metallic dark green.
- Throat: metallic ruby-red, can look black in some light
- Back: metallic green or bronze-green
- Wings: near-black
- Breast and belly: usually brownish-gray
- Sides: metallic bronze-green
- Tail: Forked. Feathers pointed and all dark (no white tips)
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Ruby-throated
(female)
Same as male EXCEPT
- Throat: white, or with occasional faint tan streaking
- Breast and belly: white
- Sides: light brown
- Tail: Fan-shaped. Feathers all rounded, with white tips on the outer 3 feathers on each side of tail.
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