Broad-billed Hummingbird Photo Gallery
Adult male
Small hummingbird with a bright red bill tipped in black and a notched tail. Adult males have a blue throat and a bluish green belly.
© Ryan Sanderson / Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 30, 2019Female/immature
Slender hummingbird with dingy underparts and a notched tail.
© Fernando Ortega / Macaulay LibraryNew Mexico, October 05, 2020Adult male (Northern)
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryArizona, April 17, 1997Not all videos have soundAdult male
Small and slenderhummingbird with a long notched tail. Bill is red with a dark tip. Adult males have an iridescent green belly with white undertail coverts (obscured in this photo) and a dark tail.
© Spencer Follett / Macaulay LibraryArizona, March 16, 2020Immature male
Immature males have the female's white facial line that curves down from the eye. Their underparts are dingy with patches of iridescent blue-green feathers coming in.
© Jim Merritt / Macaulay LibraryColorado, October 26, 2019Female/immature
Females/immatures have dingy underparts and a white line that curves down behind the eye.
© Jay McGowan / Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 28, 2016Adult male (Northern)
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 24, 1997Not all videos have soundHabitat
Found in desert scrub, along canyon bottoms with sycamore, cottonwoods, and mesquite, in thorn forests, and in tropical deciduous forests.
© Jessie Barry / Macaulay LibraryArizona, April 24, 2015Adult male (Northern)
© Timothy Barksdale / Macaulay LibraryArizona, July 24, 1997Not all videos have soundCompare with Similar Species
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Species in This Family
Hummingbirds(Order: Caprimulgiformes, Family: Trochilidae)
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