Green Back Male Female Female Ruby Throated Hummingbird

The green throated carib averages 4 1 4 7 inches 10 5 12 cm including tail and bill.

Green back male female female ruby throated hummingbird.

The female is longer billed and her bill is more down curved than the male s. Emerald green back white breast and throat rounded tail with white tips. A flash of green and red the ruby throated hummingbird is eastern north america s sole breeding hummingbird. The one above it is more typical.

The bill is slightly down curved. A young male ruby throated hummingbird also may have a white throat like a female but more often it is streaked to a greater or lesser degree with black or green. Emerald green back iridescent ruby red gorget throat that may appear black under some lighting conditions gray flanks forked tail with no white. Larger than the male with longer bill.

Smaller than the female. The auriculars of the female ruby throated hummingbird are distinctly gray though the amount of gray coloration can vary this contrasts well with the pale throat and green head. The adult male has a mostly green coppery upper plumage with a blue iridesence on the upper back and rump. The bill and feet are black.

This gives the appearance of a five o clock shadow the bird just above is the most heavily streaked we have seen. Feeders and flower gardens are great ways to attract these birds and some people turn their yards into buzzing clouds of hummingbirds each summer. Like the male ruby throated hummingbird a white spot is easily visible behind the female s dark eye. Like the male the upperparts of the female ruby throated hummingbird are a shimmery.

These brilliant tiny precision flying creatures glitter like jewels in the full sun then vanish with a zip toward the next nectar source.