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    Broad-billed Hummingbird Identification

    Broad-billed Hummingbird Adult male (Northern)
    Adult male (Northern)

    Small hummingbird with a bright red bill tipped in black and a notched tail. Adult males have a blue throat and a bluish green belly.

    © Evan Rasmussen | Macaulay LibraryArizona, March 05, 2017
    Broad-billed Hummingbird (Doubleday's) Adult male (Doubleday's)
    Adult male (Doubleday's)

    Individuals from the Pacific slope of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and extreme southwest Chiapas, Mexico, have brighter blue underparts and black undertail coverts.

    © Ted Keyel | Macaulay LibraryOaxaca, November 12, 2016
    Broad-billed Hummingbird (Northern) Adult male (Northern)
    Adult male (Northern)

    © Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryArizona, April 17, 1997
    Broad-billed Hummingbird (Northern) Female/immature
    Female/immature

    Females/immatures have dingy underparts and a white line that curves down behind the eye.

    © Jay McGowan | Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 28, 2016
    Broad-billed Hummingbird Immature male (Northern)
    Immature male (Northern)

    Immature males have the female's white facial line that curves down from the eye. Their underparts are dingy with patches of iridescent blue-green feathers coming in.

    © Danny Tipton | Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 27, 2015
    Broad-billed Hummingbird (Northern) Female (Northern)
    Female (Northern)

    © Larry R Arbanas | Macaulay LibraryArizona, May 01, 2006
    Broad-billed Hummingbird (Doubleday's) Immature male (Doubleday's)
    Immature male (Doubleday's)

    Immature males along the Pacific slope of Guerrero, Oaxaca, and extreme southwest Chiapas, Mexico, have patches of iridescent blue coming in on the chest. They also show a white eyestripe, like females.

    © Chris Wood | Macaulay LibraryOaxaca, March 16, 2007
    Broad-billed Hummingbird Female/immature
    Female/immature

    Slender hummingbird with dingy underparts and a notched tail. Note the bill's broad base as seen from below.

    © Louise Courtemanche | Macaulay LibraryArizona, March 21, 2017
    Broad-billed Hummingbird (Northern) Adult male (Northern)
    Adult male (Northern)

    © Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 24, 1997
    Broad-billed Hummingbird Adult male (Northern)
    Adult male (Northern)

    Small and slenderhummingbird with a long notched tail. Bill is red with a dark tip. Adult males have an iridescent green belly with white undertail coverts (obscured in this photo) and a dark tail.

    © Andrew Dreelin | Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 29, 2016
    Broad-billed Hummingbird Habitat
    Habitat

    Found in desert scrub, along canyon bottoms with sycamore, cottonwoods, and mesquite, in thorn forests, and in tropical deciduous forests.

    © Jessie Barry | Macaulay LibraryArizona, April 24, 2015
    Broad-billed Hummingbird (Northern) Adult male (Northern)
    Adult male (Northern)

    © Timothy Barksdale | Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 24, 1997
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    Adult Description

    Small hummingbird. Broad, notched tail. Long, red bill with dark tip. Green back. Male with blue throat and green chest. Female with white line over eye, dark ear-patch, and gray underparts.

    Immature Description

    Juvenile resembles adult female, with buffy fringes on feathers of upperparts.
    Relative Size

    Relative Sizesparrow or smallersparrow-sized or smaller
    Measurements
    • Both Sexes
      • Weight: 0.1-0.1 oz (3-4 g)

    Species in This Family

    Hummingbirds(Order: Caprimulgiformes, Family: Trochilidae)

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    Blue-throated HummingbirdBlue-throated Hummingbird
    Lucifer HummingbirdLucifer Hummingbird
    Ruby-throated HummingbirdRuby-throated Hummingbird
    Black-chinned HummingbirdBlack-chinned Hummingbird
    Anna's HummingbirdAnna's Hummingbird
    Costa's HummingbirdCosta's Hummingbird
    Broad-tailed HummingbirdBroad-tailed Hummingbird
    Rufous HummingbirdRufous Hummingbird
    Allen's HummingbirdAllen's Hummingbird
    Calliope HummingbirdCalliope Hummingbird
    Broad-billed HummingbirdBroad-billed Hummingbird
    Buff-bellied HummingbirdBuff-bellied Hummingbird

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