Fairly large, slender hummingbird with clean white underparts. Note lack of gorget (both sexes) and straight orange bill with black tip.
Fairly large, slender hummingbird with white throat and iridescent purple head. Males and females look alike. Often visits hummingbird feeders.
Often feeds at hummingbird feeders. Males and females look alike, and both sexes lack colorful gorget (throat).
Note nearly straight, long bill, orange at base and black at tip. Brown tail lacks white flashes.
Large, slender hummingbird with nearly straight, long, orange-based bill. Adults have glittering violet crown and lack a colorful gorget. Males and females look alike. Tail often appears notched.
Brownish hummingbird with clean white underparts (including throat) and straight orange bill with black tip.
Fairly large hummingbird with clean white underparts, including throat. Immatures have partially brown heads with some violet on the crown and hindneck.
Fairly large hummingbird with nearly straight, long, orange bill with black tip. Immatures have partially brown heads with some violet on the crown and hindneck.
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A fairly large, slender hummingbird with a long, straight bill and wings that reach to the tail tip when perched.
Larger than a Rufous Hummingbird, smaller than a Blue-throated Mountain-gem.
sparrow-sized or smallerOrnithologists recognize two subspecies: ellioti of the U.S. Southwest to Michoachán and Hidalgo, Mexico; and violiceps, from Michoacán to Oaxaca, Mexico. The ellioti subspecies has a deeper turquoise tone in the crown and bronze-green sheen to the tail, while the more southern violiceps has a more violet-blue crown and copper tinge to the bronze tail.
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