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obviously cropped from the side. to pretty to not keep.

defending his juice box

  After posting this picture I sent a copy to the place where I took the photograph (Boyce Thompson Arboretum State Park, near Superior, Arizona).  They identified it as a naturally occurring hybrid of a Violet-crowned hummingbird and a Broad-billed hummingbird.  They also said that it was only the second one ever ...

Can anyone identify the type of hummingbird this is?

Thanks for the replies.  My Guides, of course, pointed me to either the Allen's or the Rufous Hummingbird.  I was leaning toward Rufous since it appeared to have more colors than the Allen's.  It is just that what I saw was so vibrant that none of the pictures even came close. The bird did appear in full sun exposure perhaps that ...

The first three pictures do appear to be the same kind of bird.  The rufous in the tail feathers and on the sides plus the green back lead me to believe that it is either a female Allen's Hummingbird or the very similar Rufous.  The colors in the picture become distorted on the back near the tail area.  The Allen's ...

I'm not that great on Hummers either.  Most of the time they move to fast for me to get all the indentifying points that I need. A Rufous female should have at least a hint of rufous on its side under the wings and in its tail.  I don't see any. Compare it to a female Calliope Hummingbird.  They do appear in your area.  The ...