Broad-billed Hummingbird Similar Species Comparison
Main SpeciesBroad-billed Hummingbird
Adult male
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.
© Ryan Sanderson / Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 30, 2019Female/immature
Slender hummingbird with dingy underparts and a notched tail.
© Fernando Ortega / Macaulay LibraryNew Mexico, October 05, 2020Adult male (Northern)
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryArizona, April 17, 1997Not all videos have sound
Adult male
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.
© Spencer Follett / Macaulay LibraryArizona, March 16, 2020Immature male
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.
© Jim Merritt / Macaulay LibraryColorado, October 26, 2019Female/immature
Females/immatures have dingy underparts and a white line that curves down behind the eye.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 28, 2016Adult male (Northern)
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 24, 1997Not all videos have sound
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, 2015Adult male (Northern)
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 24, 1997Not all videos have sound
Similar SpeciesWhite-eared Hummingbird
Male
Male White-eared Hummingbirds have white ear stripe that male Broad-billed Hummingbirds lack.
© William Orellana (Beaks and Peaks) / Macaulay LibraryIntibucá, August 12, 2016Similar SpeciesWhite-eared Hummingbird
Female
Females have green spots on their breast while female Broad-billed Hummingbirds have a grayish breast. Females also have a darker ear patch than Broad-billed Hummingbirds.
© Georges Duriaux / Macaulay LibraryJinotega, May 05, 2015Similar SpeciesBlue-throated Mountain-gem
Male
Larger than White-eared Hummingbirds with white outer tail feathers and a black (not red) bill.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryTexas, July 25, 2016Similar SpeciesBlue-throated Mountain-gem
Juvenile
Larger than White-eared Hummingbirds with white outer tail feathers and a black (not red) bill.
© Tresa Moulton / Macaulay LibraryArizona, August 02, 2016Rotate Your Device to Better Compare
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Hummingbirds(Order: Caprimulgiformes, Family: Trochilidae)
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