Male (Gray-tailed) © Cory Gregory eBird S63109696 Macaulay Library ML 206603811
Male (Blue-tailed) © Zak Pohlen
Female (Gray-tailed) © Richard Garrigues
Female (Blue-tailed) © Peter Hawrylyshyn
Male (Blue-tailed) © Jan Cubilla
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Female (Gray-tailed) © Ken Langelier
Male (Gray-tailed) © Cameron Eckert

White-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis castaneoventris

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Identification

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Medium-sized hummingbird, male mostly green with bold white throat, white line behind eye, and blue crown. Gray tail in the western parts of range, blue in the east. Female not quite as colorful but still striking: bright buffy underparts with black cheek and white line behind eye. She is very similar to female Purple-throated Mountain-gem but has duller bronzy tail; only safely identified with a good view. A forest hummingbird that also comes out to edges and gardens, visits feeders.

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