Broad-Billed Hummingbird
Cynanthus latirostris
The Broad-Billed Hummingbird is a temporary (summer) breeding visitor to Southeastern Arizona. Most of their population never leaves the borders of Mexico.
These images were captured in Arizona. While the male birds in southeast Arizona are brilliant emerald breasted birds, the populations in southern Mexico are indigo in color. Both are visually stunning.
Taxonomists call out four subspecies of Broad-Billed Hummingbird:
- C. l. magicus breeds from southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico south along the Sierra Madre Occidental to Colima. Northern breeders migrate south to spend the winter in western and central Mexico.
- C. l. latirostris lives in east-central Mexico from Nuevo León, south to northern Veracruz, and the Valley of Mexico.
- C. l. propinquus in central Mexico.
- C. l. lawrencei lives on Islas Tres Marías, Sinaloa (Mexico).
I once met this species at the Boyce-Thompson Arboretum in central Arizona, but most of my meetings have been in Tucson or further south in Arizona.
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16 Photos
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: Beatty's Guest Ranch in Miller Canyon, near Hereford, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2013:08:28 15:13 |
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Location:
Miller Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D3X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/60 |
File Name: D3X2235-BroadBilledHummingBird |
| © 2013 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: Northeastern Tucson Arizona, near the Catalina Highway. |
Date Taken: 2015:10:20 12:36 |
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Location:
Tanque Verde |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 |
File Name: D721230-BroadBilledHummingBird |
| © 2015 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Broad-billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: Near the Catalina Highway in Tucson Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:27 8:30 |
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Location:
Tanque Verde |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/50 |
File Name: JCD2269BroadBilledHummingBird |
| © 2008 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |
Broad-billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: Near the Catalina Highway in Tucson Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:27 8:33 |
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Location:
Tanque Verde |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/40 |
File Name: JCD2294BroadBilledHummingBird |
| © 2008 - Jack Daynes - shadeTree Imaging |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: Near the Catalina Highway in Tucson Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2008:11:27 8:30 |
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Location:
Tanque Verde |
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Camera Information: NIKON D2X, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/50 |
File Name: Cut_JCD2269BroadBilledHummingBird |
| © 2008 Jack Daynes, shadeTree Imaging |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: An "atypical" nest with the opening to the side with two healthy babies. Northeastern Tucson Arizona near the Catalina Highway. |
Date Taken: 2017:04:22 16:31 |
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Location:
Tanque Verde |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/100 |
File Name: BroadBilledHummingbird-Nest_D5X6402-Web |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: An "atypical" nest with the opening to the side with two healthy babies. Northeastern Tucson Arizona near the Catalina Highway. |
Date Taken: 2017:04:22 16:44 |
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Location:
Tanque Verde |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/60 |
File Name: BroadBilledHummingbird-Nest_D5X6423-Web |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: An "atypical" nest with the opening to the side with two healthy babies. Northeastern Tucson Arizona near the Catalina Highway. |
Date Taken: 2017:04:22 16:44 |
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Location:
Tanque Verde |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/80 |
File Name: BroadBilledHummingbird-Nest_D5X6428-Web |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: Some of my time late in the day during my stay at the Boyce-Thompson Arboretum was spent at the hummer feeders. The arboretum is near Superior Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2020:02:24 11:25 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 |
File Name: BroadBilledHummingbird_D5X1398-Boyce-Thompson |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: Some of my time late in the day during my stay at the Boyce-Thompson Arboretum was spent at the hummer feeders. The arboretum is near Superior Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2020:02:24 12:01 |
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Location:
Boyce-Thompson Arboretum |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 |
File Name: BroadBilledHummingbird_D5X1498-Boyce-Thompson |
| © 2020 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: Florida Canyon on the northern slopes of the Santa Rita Mountains, east of Green Valley Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2017:04:30 10:28 |
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Location:
Florida Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/2000 |
File Name: BroadBilledHummingbird_D5X8993 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: Florida Canyon on the northern slopes of the Santa Rita Mountains, east of Green Valley Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2017:04:30 10:28 |
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Location:
Florida Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/1600 |
File Name: BroadBilledHummingbird_D5X8990 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: Lower Madera Canyon by Proctor Road. East of Green Valley Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2017:05:01 6:32 |
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Location:
Madera Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: BroadBilledHummingbird_D5X9354 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: Lower Madera Canyon by Proctor Road. East of Green Valley Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2017:05:01 6:35 |
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Location:
Madera Canyon |
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Camera Information: NIKON D5, 800 mm, f/8.0, 1/125 |
File Name: BroadBilledHummingbird_D5X9367 |
| © 2017 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: The cienega at Arivaca. Part of the Buenos Aries NWR in Arivaca, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:26 8:55 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1250 |
File Name: D727374-BroadBilledHummingBird |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
Broad-Billed Hummingbird(Cynanthus latirostris) |
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Description: The cienega at Arivaca. Part of the Buenos Aries NWR in Arivaca, Arizona. |
Date Taken: 2016:03:26 8:55 |
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Location:
Arivaca Cienega |
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Camera Information: NIKON D7200, 800 mm, f/6.3, 1/1250 |
File Name: D727361-BroadBilledHummingBird |
| © 2016 Jack Daynes, shadeTreeImaging.com |
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