Magnificent hummingbird
Eugenes fulgens
Identification Tips:
- Long, thin bill
- Large hummingbird
- United States ranged restricted to southeastern Arizona and southwestern
New Mexico
Adult male:
- Metallic green throat (black in poor light)
- White spot behind eye
- Black breast
- Purple crown
- Dark blackish-green upperparts
- Gray undertail coverts
- Black forked tail
Adult female:
- White spot behind eye
- Dull gray underparts
- Dark blackish-green upperparts
- Dark, rounded tail with grayish-white corners
Similar species:
The male Magnificent Hummingbird is unmistakeable. Female is similar to
female Blue-throated Hummingbird but lacks large white tips to tail and white
malar streak. Other hummingbirds are much smaller.