White-eared hummingbird Hylocharis leucotis

Identification Tips:

• Length: 3 inches
• Long, thin bill with bright red base
• Broad white stripe behind eye
• Black face
• Purple forehead and chin
• Green throat and upperparts
• Grayish belly and undertail coverts
• Female and immatures duller with spotted throat
• United States ranged restricted to southeastern Arizona

Similar species:

The broad white stripe behind the eye identifies 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.