Plumage comparisons (IMAGE)

University of Washington

Plumage comparisons

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Illustrations of the muted plumage typical of most adult female white-necked jacobin hummingbirds, shown on the left, and the blue-and-white plumage of all males and approximately 20% of adult females, on the right.

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Jillian Ditner

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