Blue-throated Hummingbird (Lampornis clemenciae), Phoenix yard, Maricopa County

This Blue-throated Hummingbird was found and photographed by Thomas R. Jones on 11 November 2018

This is a second Maricopa County record for Blue-throated Hummingbird. This bird is casual in Arizona away from mid to high elevations in southeast Arizona. This individual was banded.

Blue-throated Hummingbird is a very large and distinctive hummingbird. Key ID points include a medium-length bill, dark tail with large white corners, uniform grayish color below, and two white lines on face: one extending from the back of eye downward behind eye, and the other from the base of the bill down to the throat area. 

11 November 2018, photo by Thomas R. Jones

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