Blue-throated hummingbird

The Blue-throated Hummingbird is a fairly large hummingbird, reaching 11.5 to 12.5 cm in length and 6 to 10 grams in weight. The Blue-throated Hummingbird is dull green on the top of its body, fading to medium gray on its belly. It has a conspicuous white stripe behind its eye and a narrower stripe extending backward from the corner of its bill, bordering a blackish cheek patch. Its tail feathers are iridescent blue-black with broad white tips on the outer two to three pairs. The species gets its name from the adult male's iridescent blue throat patch , but the female lacks this, having a plain gray throat. Males sing two types of songs: a simple peep song, which sounds like a squeaky wheel, and a quiet but complex whisper song. The female is also reported to sing during the breeding season to attract the attention of males.

The Blue-throated hummingbird is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

Blue-throated HummingbirdLampornis clemenciae Order APODIFORMES – Family TROCHILIDAE Issue No. 531 Authors: Williamson, Sheri L. * Articles * Multimedia * References Courtesy Preview This Introductory article that you are viewing is a courtesy preview of the full life history account of this species. The remaining articles (Distribution, Habitat, Behavior, etc. More

The Blue-Throated Hummingbird, Lampornis clemenciae, is a species of hummingbird, a member of the Trochilidae family of birds. The Blue-throated Hummingbird is a fairly large hummingbird, reaching 11.5 to 12.5 cm (4½ to 5 inches) in length and 6 to 10 grams in weight. The Blue-throated Hummingbird is dull green on the top of its body, fading to medium gray on its belly. More

blue-throated hummingbird has a white stripe behind the eye - or, some would describe it as a white stripe above and another below the eye. The male only has the blue throat (gorget) - which may look black in poor light - and white corners to its blue-black tail feathers. The female has white tips to its outer tail feathers and is similar in appearance to the female magnificent hummingbird, which has gray tips to its tail feathers. More

The Blue-throated Hummingbird is native to woodland areas of central Mexico, although during the summer it sometimes frequents the wooded canyons along the borders of Arizona and Texas in the United States. The female constructs her nest from plant material, moss, and steals strands of spider silk from spider webs to hold the nest together and to fasten it to a stem of a flowering plant, fern, or vine. Blue-throated Hummingbirds frequently nest over running water. More

The Blue-throated Hummingbird has a large range reaching up to 500,000 square kilometers. It is native to the United States and Mexico and prefers forest habitats with climates that are tropical or subtropical and moist. The global population of the bird is estimated to be 500,000 to 5,000,000 individuals. While the population trends have not been exactly determined, the bird is not believed to meet population decline criteria for inclusion on the IUCN Red List. More

Blue-throated HummingbirdLampornis clemenciae WatchList 2007 Status: http://web1.audubon.org/filerepository/science/speciesprofiles/watchlist/Yellow. More

* The female Blue-throated Hummingbird gives a special call that appears to indicate that she is ready to mate. She makes a series of short flights that appear to be a display to the male before copulation. * As might be expected for the largest North American hummingbird species, the Blue-throated Hummingbird beats its wings about half as fast as the smaller species. More

The Blue-throated Hummingbird is native to mountain woodlands of Mexico, although during the summer it is an uncommon to rare resident of moist, wooded canyons in the Madrean sky islands of southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas in the United States and northeastern Sonora, Mexico. A few individuals traditionally winter at feeding stations in southeastern Arizona. The male takes no part in nest building or care of the young. More

Photo Wanted The Blue-Throated Hummingbird, Lampornis clemenciae, is a species of hummingbird, a member of the Trochilidae family of birds. The Blue-throated Hummingbird is native to mountain woodlands of Mexico, although during the summer it is an uncommon to rare resident of moist, wooded canyons in southeastern Arizona, southern New Mexico, and western Texas in the United States. Description: The Blue-throated Hummingbird is a fairly large hummingbird, reaching 11.5 to 12. More

The Blue-throated Hummingbird (Lampornis clemenciae) is the largest normally occurring hummingbird in the U.S. It measures about the same as a Magnificent Hummingbird, but is a good bit heavier. It is normally found in southeastern Arizona and southwestern Texas in mountain canyons and along streams. More

Blue-throated Hummingbirds are the Largest of North America's hummers. The 5 inch giants occupy a few small sections in tn the mountains of southeastern Arizona, in southwestern New Mexico and a separate population in the Chisos mountains of West Texas. After the breeding season, virtually the entire population returns to Mexico for the winter. Throughout their range, they prefer moist canyons at high elevations with open woodlands of pine and oak. More

Blue-throated Hummingbird (Lampornis clemenciae) Physical Description Average weight: male 8.4 g, female 6.8 g. This is a large hummingbird. Plumage Adult male: Green back and crown, dark gray breast, bright blue gorget, dark blue tail with white outer tips. Thin white stripes above and below the eyes. Adult female: Green back and crown, gray breast, white tips on outer tail feathers. Thin white stripes above and below the eyes. More

Like other hummingbirds, the Blue-throated Hummingbird feeds on nectar from flowers and catches insects in flight and by gleaning from vegetation. In winter, sap from wells drilled by sapsuckers may substitute for nectar. More

The Blue-throated Hummingbird is the largest hummingbird found in the United States. Measuring up to five inches in length, the largest specimens may weigh up to ten grams. The male is dull-colored with the exception of his dazzling iridescent blue throat. The wings, back and head are greenish-gray and the underparts are white. This male also sports a black tail tipped with white and bold white facial stripes. Females are similar but lack the blue throat. More

The Blue-throated Hummingbird, Lampornis clemenciae, is a large species that occurs in Mexico and in the southwestern U.S. (Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.) For locations in which it has been reported as a vagarnt, see list of Hummingbirds by U.S. States. FIELD MARKS: Length about 13.5cm (5.25"). The adult male has a blue throat that looks black in poor light. More

The Blue-throated Hummingbird breeds in southeastern Arizona in the Huachuca and Chiricahua Mountains, and from western Texas south to Oaxaca. Casual north to Colorado. It winters in Mexico, but occurs casually at Arizona feeders. The Blue-throated Hummingbird inhabits lush vegetation along wooded streamsides in mountain canyons. In Texas, it is found among baldcypress, pines, oaks, and bigtooth maples from 4,900 to 7,500 feet in elevation. More