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

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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

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Black-chinned HummingbirdColibri Gorjinegro