Rufous Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Adult female or immature
- Greenish gold crown and back
- White breast
- Usually iridescent reddish spot on center of throat
- Reddish tail with black patches and white tips
- © cl cochran, AZ, January 2009
Rufous Hummingbird
Adult female or immature
- Green back, reddish rump and tail
- Dull rufous sides, white belly and breast
- Throat with greenish spotting, usually with red center spot
- © cdbtx, WA, Monroe, May 2008
Rufous Hummingbird
Adult male
- Red-gold iridescent throat and chin
- Rufous face and sides
- Green forehead (may be mostly rufous)
- Rufous nape and back (back may be green on some birds)
- © cdbtx, WA, Monroe, May 2008
Rufous Hummingbird
Adult female or immature
- Rufous sides, flanks, and undertail
- Rufous eyebrow
- © Sam Wilson, AZ, Scottsdale, August 2007
Rufous Hummingbird
Adult female or immature
- Rufous sides
- Greenish gold crown and back
- White spot behind eye
- © Sam Wilson, AZ, Tucson, February 2007
Rufous Hummingbird
Adult male
- Rufous face and sides
- White spot behind eye
- Green forehead (may be mostly rufous)
- Red-gold iridescent throat and chin
- © nieke's nature, British Columbia, March 2008
Rufous Hummingbird
Adult male
- Rufous face, nape and back (some show green on back)
- Red-gold iridescent throat and chin may appear brown from some angles
- © Laura Erickson, Mexico, October 2006
Rufous Hummingbird
Immature male
- Mottled red-gold and white throat
- Rufous face, sides, and flanks
- © sannesu, CA, July 2008
Rufous Hummingbird
Adult male
- Red-gold iridescent throat and chin
- Rufous face and sides
- Rufous back (may be green on some individuals), green shoulders
- © Mike Wisnicki, British Columbia, May 2008
Rufous Hummingbird
Adult male
- Red-gold iridescent throat and chin may appear brown from some angles
- Rufous face, sides, rump, and tail
- © Lois Miller, OR, Port Orford, February 2008
Similar Species
Adult male
- Similar to adult male Rufous Hummingbird
- Nape green (may be rufous)
- Back tends more green than Rufous (from green cap and back to all green upperparts)
- © Cindy CC Chow, Northridge, CA, February 2008
Adult male
- Similar to adult male Rufous Hummingbird
- Back tends more green than Rufous (from green cap and back to all green upperparts)
- Outermost tail feathers extremely thin (not visible)
- © rth_baum
Adult male
- Similar to adult male Rufous Hummingbird
- Green upperparts
- Green and white face
- Buffy (not orange) sides
- Pale chin
- © Gary Wilson, Sierra Vista, AZ, July 2006
Adult female
- Similar to female or immature Rufous Hummingbird
- Sides grayish or only slightly buff (never orangish)
- White spot behind eye, no obvious eyebrow
- Green and black tail with white feather tips
- © Debbie McKenzie, AL
Adult male
- Similar to adult male Rufous Hummingbird
- Black cheek
- Green upperparts
- Greenish gray sides (no orangish)
- Dark tail
- © Laura Erickson, WI, July 2006