Hummingbird (Broad-billed)

A strikingly colourful bird, the Broad-billed Hummingbird reaches the northern limit of its range in south-eastern Arizona. Broad-billed Hummingbirds that nest in Arizona are migratory; populations in Mexico are resident year-round in their breeding range.

The male Broad-billed Hummingbird performs a courtship display, starting by hovering about a foot from the female and then flying in repeated arcs, like a pendulum.

Like other hummingbirds, the Broad-billed Hummingbird is incapable of walking or hopping. Its bill is also red unlike most that are black.

Photographed at Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ

and in the wild, Tucson, AZ