Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
This female was observed along the upper reaches of Sycamore Creek, w. slope Mazatzal Mts., Maricopa Co., Arizona, USA. 24 July 2011.
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This is the most common hummingbird in the montane habitats of Arizona including the wooded galleries that line the better-watered canyons. Only in the special canyons of Southeast Arizona do the many other colorful hummingbirds appear with regularity. In male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds, the throat patch is irridescent red. The outer margins of the tail feathers are white and are conspicuous in both males and females.