Blue-throated hummingbird Lampornis clemenciae

Identification Tips:

• Long, thin bill
• Large hummingbird
• United States ranged restricted to southeastern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico and west Texas. Stray elsewhere.

Adult male:

• Blue throat (black in poor light)
• White stripe behind eye
• White malar streak
• Green upperparts
• Grayish underparts
• Black, rounded tail with broad white tips

Adult female:

• Gray throat
• White stripe behind eye
• White malar streak
• Green upperparts
• Dull gray underparts
• Dark, rounded tail with broad whtie tips

Similar species:

The male Blue-throated Hummingbird is unmistakeable. Female is similar to female Magnificent Hummingbird but has large white tips to tail and white malar streak. Other hummingbirds are much smaller.