Broad-billed Hummingbird

Photo by Michael W
Location: Paton's Feeders, Patagonia, Arizona, USA

Includes Doubleday's Hummingbird

Cynanthus latirostris

Identification

9-10cm. Male - metallic green upperparts and breast, white undertail coverts, deep blue throat, dark, slightly forked tail, red slender bill with black tip. Female - less colourful, white eye stripe.

Distribution

Southwestern United States to southern Mexico and Tres Marias Islands. Accidental vagrant to Kansas.

Taxonomy

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

Dry scrub.

Behaviour

The female builds the nest in a tree or shrub; 2 white eggs are laid.

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.

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