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[[File:Broad-billed_Hummingbird_LNZ.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|Lorenz_C|Lorenz_C}}<br />Phoenix, [[Arizona]], [[USA]], 29 January 2021]]
;[[:Category:Cynanthus|Cynanthus]] latirostris
==Identification==
[[Image:BB F.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female<br />Photo by {{user|UncleGus_24|UncleGus_24}}<br />Green Valley, [[Arizona]], February 2010]]
9-10cm (3½-4 in)<br />
'''Male'''
*Metallic green upperparts and breast
*White undertail coverts
*Deep blue throat
*Dark, slightly forked tail
*Black-tipped slender red bill<br />
'''Female''': less colourful, white eye stripe

==Distribution==
[[Image:Broad-billed HummingbirdIm.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Immature<br />Photo by {{user|Raul+Padilla|Raul Padilla}}<br />Pachuca, Hidalgo, [[Mexico]], May 2010]]
Southwestern [[United States]] to central [[Mexico]].

Accidental vagrant to [[Kansas]].
==Taxonomy==
[[Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird]] and [[Tres Marias Hummingbird]] were recently split from Broad-billed Hummingbird.
====Subspecies====
[[Image:Hum-Broad-billed-M-Juv-DSCN3731 copy 2.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Juvenile<br />Photo by {{user|Brian+Hubbs|Brian Hubbs}}<br />SE [[Arizona]], September 2016]]
There are 3 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>:
*''C. l. magicus'':
:*Arid south-western [[US]] to north-western [[Mexico]] (Nayarit)
*''C. l. latirostris'':
:*Eastern [[Mexico]] (San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas to northern Veracruz)
*''C. l. propinquus'':
:*Central [[Mexico]] (Guanajuato to Michoacán)

==Habitat==
Lower riparian woods, forested mountains (observed to 5500 feet), high desert, oak and Alligator pine, orange groves. Visits garden feeders.
==Behaviour==
When perched, the male quivers his tail. often whilst calling.
====Breeding====
The female builds the nest in a tree or shrub. The clutch consists of 2 white eggs.
====Diet====
The diet includes nectar and insects.
====Vocalisation====
'''Call''': They have a loud chittering call which is similar to the call of a [[Ruby-crowned Kinglet]], but more emphatic and without the pauses in the phrasing of the kinglet.
==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thOct22}}#{{Ref-GillDonskerRasmussen22V12.2}}#{{Ref-HM04}}#{{Ref-SibleyMonroe96}}#Birdforum Member observations
#Wikipedia
{{ref}}
==External Links==
{{GSearch|Cynanthus+latirostris}} 
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