Violet-crowned hummingbird
Amazilia violiceps
Identification Tips:
- Length: 3.5 inches
- Long, thin bill with bright red base
- Purple crown
- Green back
- Clear white underparts
- Sexes similar
- United States ranged restricted to southeastern Arizona and southwestern
New Mexico
Similar species:
The red-based bill, white underparts and purple crown identify this
species.
Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.