Broad-billed hummingbird Cynanthus latirostris

Identification Tips:

• Length: 3.25 inches
• Long, thin bill
• United States ranged restricted to southeastern Arizona and west Texas

Adult male:

• Bill has bright red base
• Blue throat
• Green head and body
• White undertail coverts
• Black forked tail

Female/Immature:

• Dark bill with reddish lower mandible
• Thin white line behind eye
• Grayish throat and underparts
• Green upperparts and sides
• Tail has pale outer tips
• Immature male similar to female but may have blue feathers in throat

Similar species:

The female Broad-billed Hummingbird can be told from most other female hummingbirds by it reddish lower mandible. White-eared Hummingbird has a broader white stripe behind the eye.

Length and wingspan from: Robbins, C.S., Bruun, B., Zim, H.S., (1966). Birds of North America. New York: Western Publishing Company, Inc.