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The red-breasted meadowlark is a small icterid, 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighing 40–48 g (1.4–1.7 oz). Males are larger than females. The male has mainly black plumage, apart from a bright red throat, belly and wing epaulets. This striking "redcoat" plumage gives rise to the specific name militaris and the Trinidadian name "soldier bird ...
A male bird displaying its iridescent head feathers. The male Anna's hummingbird is the only North American hummingbird species with a red crown. [7] [8] Females and juvenile males have a dull green crown, a grey throat with or without some red iridescence, a grey chest and belly, and a dark, rounded tail with white tips on the outer feathers. [8]
Ruby-throated hummingbird. Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae. Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backward
The ruby-throated hummingbird can only shuffle to move along a branch, although it can scratch-preen with its feet. [10] [14] The species is sexually dimorphic. [15] The adult male has a gorget (throat patch) of iridescent ruby red bordered narrowly with velvety black on the upper margin and a forked black tail with a faint violet sheen. The ...
Green-bellied hummingbird: Saucerottia viridigaster (Bourcier, 1843) 333 Copper-tailed hummingbird: Saucerottia cupreicauda (Salvin & Godman, 1884) 334 Copper-rumped hummingbird: Saucerottia tobaci (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 335 Cinnamon hummingbird: Amazilia rutila (Delattre, 1843) 336 Buff-bellied hummingbird: Amazilia yucatanensis (Cabot, S, 1845) 337
Both sexes have a medium length black bill and a white spot behind the eye. Adult males have an iridescent emerald green forehead and crown, a green nape, and a golden bronze back and rump. The chin is blackish, the gorget shining ruby red, the breast iridescent emerald green, and the belly dark gray with green speckles. The central tail ...
Humboldt's sapphire is 9 to 12.5 cm (3.5 to 4.9 in) long. Males weigh 6.3 to 6.6 g (0.22 to 0.23 oz) and females 5.8 to 6.4 g (0.20 to 0.23 oz). Males have a straightish coral red bill with a black tip. Females' bills have a black maxilla with red at its base and a mostly pinkish mandible with a black tip. Adult males have a deep blue forehead ...
Buff-bellied hummingbird Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) CITES Appendix II (CITES) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Strisores Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae Genus: Amazilia Species: A. yucatanensis Binomial name Amazilia yucatanensis (Cabot, S, 1845) Range of A. yucatanensis Wintering range Breeding and ...