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[[Image:Lucifer_Hummingbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by zerb21]]
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[[Image:Lucifer_Hummingbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by zerb21 <br/>Location:  Miller Canyon, Arizona ]]
 
==Identification==
 
==Identification==
Location:  Miller Canyon, Arizona
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3.25 inches Long, thin, decurved bill, green upperparts, white spot behind eye, purple throat, grey underparts with green and rusty sides, black, deeply forked tail.  Female pale throat, buff breast, pale belly, green tail-outer feathers have rusty base, black middle and white tip.
 
 
Length: 3.25 inches Long, thin, decurved bill Green upperparts White spot behind eye
 
Adult male: Purple throat (black in poor light) longest at sides Grayish underparts with greenish and rusty sides Black, deeply forked tail  
 
Adult female: Pale throat Buffy breast Pale belly Green tail-outer feathers have rusty base, black middle and white tip  
 
Immature male similar to female but may have a few purple throat feathers
 
  
 
==Distribution==
 
==Distribution==
United States ranged restricted to southeastern Arizona and west Texas. Stray elsewhere.
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==Taxonomy==
 
==Taxonomy==

Revision as of 17:14, 12 October 2007

Calothorax lucifer
Photo by zerb21
Location: Miller Canyon, Arizona

Identification

3.25 inches Long, thin, decurved bill, green upperparts, white spot behind eye, purple throat, grey underparts with green and rusty sides, black, deeply forked tail. Female pale throat, buff breast, pale belly, green tail-outer feathers have rusty base, black middle and white tip.

Distribution

United States

Taxonomy

Habitat

Behaviour

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