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The ruby-topaz hummingbird is 8 to 9.5 cm (3.1 to 3.7 in) long and weighs 2.5 to 5 g (0.09 to 0.18 oz). Its almost straight, black bill is relatively short compared to those of most other hummingbirds. The male has dark brown upperparts with an olive gloss. Its crown and nape are glossy ruby red, and the throat and breast are usually iridescent golden though sometimes emerald green. The rest of the underparts are brown and the chestnut tail is tipped black. The female ruby-topaz hummingbird has bronze-green upperparts and pale grey underparts. Voice: The ruby-topaz hummingbird's song is "a doubled 'tliii...tliii...tliii'", which is usually given from a high perch.
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When to see the Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is January, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
The map shades 13 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Argentina.
About the Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
The ruby-topaz hummingbird, commonly referred to simply as the ruby topaz, is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae, the mangoes. It is found in Aruba, Bolivia, Bonaire, Brazil, Colombia, Curaçao, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
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Easily confused with
Green-tailed TrainbearerLesbia nunaThe male green-tailed trainbearer is 15.3 to 17 cm (6.0 to 6.7 in) long including the 10.6 to 13.6 cm (4.2 to 5.4 in) long tail.
Violet-fronted BrilliantHeliodoxa leadbeateriThe violet-fronted brilliant is 11 to 13 cm (4.3 to 5.1 in) long.
Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinusThe Mexican violetear is roughly medium-sized by hummingbird standards.
Side by side: Green-tailed Trainbearer vs Ruby-topaz Hummingbird · Ruby-topaz Hummingbird vs Violet-fronted Brilliant · Mexican Violetear vs Ruby-topaz Hummingbird
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