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Lucifer Hummingbird

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Photo by Larry D SmithLocation: Bisbee, Arizona http://www.SountwestNaturePhotos.com/Larry
Photo by Larry D Smith
Location: Bisbee, Arizona http://www.SountwestNaturePhotos.com/Larry
Photo by zerb21 Location: Miller Canyon, Arizona
Photo by zerb21
Location: Miller Canyon, Arizona

Alternative Name(s): Lucifer Sheartail

Calothorax lucifer

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[edit] Identification

3.25 inches with long, thin, decurved bill and green upperparts. Male has white spot behind eye, purple throat, grey underparts with green and rusty sides, and black, deeply forked tail. Female has pale throat, buff breast, pale belly, green tail where outer feathers have rusty base, black middle, and white tip.


[edit] Distribution

USA and Mexico.

[edit] Taxonomy

No subspecies are known.

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