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Broad-billed Hummingbird

Cynanthus latirostris ORDER: APODIFORMES FAMILY: TROCHILIDAE

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

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A strikingly colorful bird, the Broad-billed Hummingbird reaches the northern limit of its range in southeastern Arizona. Broad-billed Hummingbirds that nest in Arizona are migratory; populations in Mexico are resident year-round in their breeding range.

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At a GlanceHelp

Measurements
Both Sexes
Length
3.9 in
10 cm
Wingspan
4.7 in
12 cm
Weight
0.1–0.1 oz
3–4 g
Other Names
  • Colibri circé (French)
  • Colibrí pico ancho, Colibrí latirostre (Spanish)

Cool Facts

  • Like other hummingbirds, the Broad-billed Hummingbird probably consumes about 1.6 to 1.7 times its body weight in nectar each day.
  • The male Broad-billed Hummingbird performs a courtship display, starting by hovering about a foot from the female and then flying in repeated arcs, like a pendulum.
  • Like other hummingbirds, the Broad-billed Hummingbird is incapable of walking or hopping.

Habitat


Scrub

Arid scrub, open deciduous forest, semi-desert and other open situations in arid habitats.

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Food


Nectar
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Nesting

Nesting Facts
Clutch Size
2–3 eggs
Condition at Hatching
Helpless.
Nest Placement

Tree
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Behavior


Hovering
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Conservation

status via IUCN

Least Concern
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Credits

  • Powers, D. R., and S. M. Wethington. 1999. Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris). In The Birds of North America, No. 430 (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA.
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