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Anna’s HummingbirdColibri coronirrojo
TUCSON M E E T Y O U R
HUMMINGBIRDS
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Content excerpted from Richard C. Taylor’s Female Hummingbirds of Southeast Arizona.
I.D.HUMMINGBIRD
• Medium-long bill• Male: Rose-red crown and throat• Female: Green crown, faint stripe behind eye,
heavy red dots on throat may form central triangle
• Medium gray under parts, green back
Costa’s HummingbirdColibri Costa
• Short, straight bill• Male: Purple hood and flaring gorget; white
breast and shoulder• Female: Dull green crown, faint stripe behind
eye; creamy gray throat; pale gray under parts
©Bryan SmithBruce Taubert
©Bryan SmithDiane Poleyquiva
Broad-billed HummingbirdChupaflor piquiancho
Rufous HummingbirdChupamirto dorado
• Long, straight bill with orange base and black tip
• Male: Rich green crown and body; deep blue chin and throat
• Female: Thin white eyestripe, dusky cheek; gray throat, smooth gray under parts, green back
• Long, straight bill; white spot behind eye
• Male: Green crown, black chin; violet throat band often looks black, broad white collar below
• Female: Gray forecrown; fine black stippling on throat
• Whitish under parts, dull green back
• Straight medium-long bill• Male: Copper-red head, flaming
orange-red gorget; pale copper flanks and red back
• Female: Green crown, orange throat dots densest in center; white belly, rufous flanks and green back
• Mostly red tail
I.D.HUMMINGBIRD
©Bryan Smith
Alan Schmierer
Bruce Taubert
Lois Manowitz
Mick Thompson
Lois Manowitz
Black-chinned HummingbirdColibri Gorjinegro