hummingbird (1 Viewer)

[mdmoshier2]

I saw this hummingbird 6 weeks ago at Portal, AZ. the birders there IDed it as a calliope and the wings do seem to be longer than the tail but I was wondering about a rufous also. It looks like the broad-tailed and Allens have wings that are shorter than the tail so I am ruling those out. the orange throat is troublesome for me to call it a calliope.

 

[Butty]

the orange throat

There's no orange throat.

 

[rkj]

I am finding tail to wing length very hard to assess from these photos, but I agree that the golden-orange spangles on the throat do not look like they belong to a Calliope Hummingbird.

 

[Butty]

Iridescence: could look like anything depending on light.

 

[Ruff-Leg]

I'm not sure you can rule out female Broad-tailed. That's a lot of rufous in the flanks, and your side view appears to show a wing shorter than the tail.