Wing Character | Male | Female | ||
Adult | Immature | Immature | Adult | |
Secondaries | Dull iridescent blue; tip edged with approximately the same amount of white on both inner and outer webs | Dull iridescent blue; tip edged with white much more widely on outer webs than on inner webs, usually forming "tear drop" | ||
Tertials | Same length as secondaries; most distal purple on outer web to feather edge | Same length as secondaries; most distal purple or yellowish on outer web but margined with dull blackish | ||
Others: Dark iridescent blue- black; second most distal white-edged at its tip | Others: Bronze-colored pointed with frayed tips | Others: Bronze- colored with rounded tips | ||
After molt: Similar to adult male | After molt: Similar to adult female | |||
Greater tertial coverts | Broadly rounded; dark blue | Small narrow yellowish to green; often very frayed | Longer than other greater coverts; purple and yellowish with dark square ends | |
After molt: Similar to adult male but usually darker than surrounding coverts | After molt: Similar to adult female | |||
Other upperwing coverts | Greater and middle coverts same color as tertial coverts; bluish color extends anteriorly over three or more rows of coverts | Greater coverts and middle coverts paler than blue tertial coverts; bluish color often confined to two rows of coverts nearest secondaries | Greater coverts often iridescent only on outer webs; blue usually confined to two rows of coverts anterior to secondaries | Greater coverts usually iridescent on both webs; blue extends anteriorly over three or more rows of coverts |