Phoenix, Arizona, USA Hummingbirds (1 Viewer)

[dan8402]

Hi Everyone, hopefully I can get some help with my first post. I took some pictures of some Hummingbirds in Phoenix Arizona in May of this year and I'm not really good with identifying them. We one usually have Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds here in Ohio. So, any help would be appreciated.

Please let me know if the pictures aren't large enough and I'll try again.

Dan

 

[SueO]

Hi Dan,
Welcome to Bird Forum.
Can't see photo number 5 very well, but 1-4 look like Black-chinned Hummers to me.
Sue

 

[Lisa W]

Agree with Sue, 1 - 4 are Black-chinned basing id on the size of gorget and "color" on throat, 5 is female or juvenile can't tell much other than that.

 

[Geni3]

Hi Everyone, hopefully I can get some help with my first post. I took some pictures of some Hummingbirds in Phoenix Arizona in May of this year and I'm not really good with identifying them. We one usually have Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds here in Ohio. So, any help would be appreciated.

Please let me know if the pictures aren't large enough and I'll try again.

Dan

I'd need to see a larger version of all of them to be sure, but I didn't think any of these look like black-chinned hummingbirds.

In these shots, some look like Anna's (probably male, maybe immature?) and some appear to be Costa's (probably immature male, but possibly female).

Got bigger ones? Thanks.

 

[dan8402]

I'll see what I can do about getting the pictures bigger. They look fine on my computer, but when I upload them, they get smaller.

 

[dan8402]

Hope this works... If it does, I'll try the others too.

 

[dan8402]

Next one...

 

[dan8402]

Some more...

 

[Lisa W]

Bigger photos are making me change my mind about them being Black-chinned. Going to leave it to better experts than me.

 

[Geni3]

Bigger photos are making me change my mind about them being Black-chinned. Going to leave it to better experts than me.

At this size and resolution, they all look more like immature male Anna's -- except for one of them (4th pic)which somehow looks more like a juvenile male Costa's to me. (And the one in the first pic could very well be a female Anna's --or a different species altogether.)

I'd need to see bigger, closer-up pics with more color and detail to know for sure, so I'll leave positive IDs to our more experienced experts too.

Thank you for sharing your photos -- and a belated "welcome" from Tucson!

 

[SueO]

Hi All,
It is difficult with such small photos, it's difficult with photos anyway! To me, the first photo shows wing length to be too long for Anna's. I don't like the bill length in the photos for Black-chinned, but thought maybe angle? Wish I could see photo 4 better. Sorry if I leaped too quickly Dan.