Broad-billed Hummingbird - BirdForum Opus

Cynanthus latirostris

Includes Doubleday's Hummingbird

Male
Photo by Michael W
Paton's Feeders, Patagonia, Arizona, USA, June 2005

Identification

9-10cm
Male

• Metallic green upperparts and breast
• White undertail coverts
• Deep blue throat
• Dark, slightly forked tail
• Black-tipped slender red bill
  

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Female. Photo by Gary Clark
Location: San Miguel de Allende, Querétaro, Mexico

Distribution

Southwestern United States to southern Mexico and Tres Marias Islands.

Accidental vagrant to Kansas.

Taxonomy

Subspecies^[1]

There are 5 subspecies:

• C. l. magicus:

• Arid south-western US to north-western Mexico (Nayarit)

• C. l. latirostris:

• Eastern Mexico (San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas to northern Veracruz)

Immature
Photo by Raul Padilla
Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, May 2010

• C. l. propinquus:

• Central Mexico (Guanajuato to Michoacán)

• C. l. doubledayi: (Doubleday's):

• Southern Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca and Chiapas)

• C. l. lawrencei:

• Tres Marías Islands (off western Mexico)

Some authorities^3,4 split Doubleday's Hummingbird Cynanthus doubledayi from this taxon and others^1,2 retain it as a subspecies of Cynanthus latirostris.

Habitat

Lower riparian woods, forested mountains (observed to 5500 feet), high desert, oak and Alligator pine, orange groves. Visits backyard feeders.

Behaviour

Breeding

The female builds the nest in a tree or shrub. The clutch consists of 2 white eggs.

Diet

The diet includes nectar and insects.

References

1. Clements JF. 2007. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to October 2008. Cornell University Press. ISBN 9780801445019
2. Dickinson EC (ed.) 2003. The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3rd ed. Princeton Univ. Press, Princeton, NJ, USA. ISBN 9780691117010
3. Gill F & Wright M. 2008. Birds of the World: Recommended English Names. Princeton University Press, Princeton NJ, USA. 2006. ISBN 9780691128276 Update (2008) downloaded from http://worldbirdnames.org/names.html.
4. Sibley CG & Monroe BL. 1996. Birds of the World, on diskette, Windows version 2.0. Charles G. Sibley, Santa Rosa, CA, USA.
5. BF Member observations
6. Wikipedia

• List of references

Recommended Citation

• BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Broad-billed Hummingbird. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 27 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Broad-billed_Hummingbird

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