Other North American Hummingbirds
Blue-Throated [5 1/4"] The largest hummingbird breeding in the US. Where it occurs, it is usually compicuous, bold and aggressive. Male's throat is blue, female's is gray. Broad white eye stripe and faint white whiskers border dark ear patch. Found in mountains, canyons near streams. SW area, casual north of Mexico
Broad-Billed [4"] The name refers to the fact that the base of bill is widened and flattened. Male is dark green above and below, with white undertail coverts, a glittering blue gorget and mostly red bill. In a very limited area of so. Arizona, this colorful Mexican species is common in summer. Rare in Southern California during fall and winter.
Broad-Tailed [4"] Both sexes are metalic green above. The male has red throat, white underparts with green sides. Females have a speckled throat, pale cinnamon wash on flanks, broad green tail shows rufous mostly on outer feathers. The metalic wing trill of the male is a characteristic sound of summer in the western mountains.
Buff-Bellied [4 1/4"] Bronze green above with chestnut tail, pinkish bill, buffy belly. Males and female look similar. It is the only hummingbird to nest regularly in so. Texas. Common in the Rio Grande delta.
Green Violet-ear [4 3/4"] Green overall, bill slightly downcurved. Male has blue-violet patches on face and breast. Casual South Texas.	Casual visitor -- No picture
Lucifer [3 1/2"] Bronze green above, long bill downcurved. Male is purple on throat and sides of neck. The tail of the male is deeply forked visible when he spreads the tail wide during his display flight. A hummer from Mexico's central plateau that enters our area in the Big Bend area of Texas. Adapted to desert regions, it is often seen feeding at flowering agave stalks on arid hillsides. SE Arizona, SW New Mexico.
Magnificent(Rivoli's) [5"] Male is green above with purple crown metalic green tyhroat, breast and upper belly black and green, lower belly dull brown. SW area in high mountains, meadows and canyons. Casual noirth of Mexico. Almost as large as the Blue-Throated found in the same ranges but not usually so aggressive. Some individuals will be very pugnacious in defending flower patches or feeders. In hovering flight, the wingbeats are almost slow enough for the human eye to see.
Ruby-Throated [3 3/4"] Adult male has brilliant red throat and black chin, metalic green above, underparts are whitish, sides and flanks dusty green. Female's throat is whitish, underparts grayish-white with buffy wash on sides. Ruby-Throated are fairly common in range(eastern half of the US), found in gardens and woodland edges. Similar hummingbirds seen in the southeast in winter could be the Black-Chinned. Call also similar to the Black-chinned. Impressive migration despite their small size, some may travel from so. Canada to Costa Rica
Violet-Crowned [4 1/2"] Crown violet underparts extremely white, upper parts bronze green, tail greenish. This Mexican hummer was not found in the US until 1959. It is now uncommon but regular in summer in a few sites in SE Arizona and extreme SW New Mexico. In places where flowers are not abundant the Violet-Crowned may be discovered flying about or hovering in the shady middle of tall trees catching small insects in flight.
White-Eared [3 3/4"] Broad white stripe extends back from eye, black eye patch, short bill. This little jewel is an uncommon visitor to the SE Arizona mountains and canyons where hummingbird feeders are maintained. Lone hummers show up and remain for weeks at a time. Although the species has been known as a summer visitor to Arizona at least since 1890's, there are still very few proven records of its actually nesting there.
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