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Ruby-topaz Hummingbird

The brilliant, shifting color on a hummingbird's throat and crown is not pigment at all. It comes from the microscopic structure of the feathers themselves, refracting light the way a soap bubble does, which is why the same bird can look dull one moment and blazing the next.