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Plain-capped Starthroat Hummingbird

Scientific name: Heliomaster constantii

Length: 5 1/2 inches (14 cm)

Identification: One of the larger hummingbirds with a noticeably long bill. Dull blackish gorget (throat), white eye stripe, white mustache (under the eye and on both sides of bill), dull bronze-green uppers, and white patch on back and rump, the female and male are similar in appearance.

Habitat and range: The Heliomaster constantii is found in Mexico and Central America, occasionally making its way into southern Arizona.

FYI: Though a hummingbird's legs are little used for walking, they are used for perching and scratching their head. A hummingbird, who flies into a room or enclosure, may initially seek to escape by flying higher to the ceiling, but they have the intelligence to explore and find an open window. Sleeping hummingbirds roost with their necks retracted and their bills pointed straight ahead. Source: Alexander F. Skutch, The Life of the Hummingbird (New York: Vineyard Books, Inc., 1973), p. 58. Most birds take off by leaping into the air by pushing away from their perch, but the hummingbird lifts off by rapidly moving its wings -- gaining as much by the upstroke as the downstroke -- actually pulling their branch perch upwards before they let go. Source: "Hummingbird," The International Wildlife Encyclopedia, 1969, Vol. 9, p. 1136.

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Select a hummingbird by its name:
(in alphabetical order)

Allen's Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird
 
Blue-throated Hummingbird

 

Booted Racket-tail Hummingbird

 

Broad-billed Hummingbird
 
Broad-tailed Hummingbird

 

Calliope Hummingbird

 

Costa's Hummingbird
 
Crimson Topaz Hummingbird

 

Long-tailed Hermit Hummingbird

 

Magnificent (Rivoli's) Hummingbird
 
Peruvian Sheartail Hummingbird   Plain-capped Starthroat Hummingbird   Red-billed Streamertail Hummingbird
 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Rufous Hummingbird   Sword-billed Hummingbird
 
Violet-crowned Hummingbird   White-eared Hummingbird   Xantus' Hummingbird

Select a hummingbird's nest by its name: (in alphabetical order)

Allen's Hummingbird (nest) & another

Anna's Hummingbird (nest) & another

Bearded Helmetcrest Hummingbird (nest)
 
Black-chinned Hummingbird (nest) & another & with mother

 

Broad-billed Hummingbird (eggs only)

 

Buff-bellied Hummingbird (nest)
 
Calliope Hummingbird (nest)

 

Costa's Hummingbird (nest) & another & with mother

 

Fork-tailed Emerald Hummingbird (nest)
 
Giant Hummingbird (nest)

 

Glittering-bellied Emerald Hummingbird (nest)

 

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Hummingbird (nest)
 
Purple-throated Sunangel Hummingbird (nest)   Ruby-throated Hummingbird (nest)   Rufous Hummingbird (nest) & with parents
 
Sappho Comet Hummingbird (nest)   Xantus' Hummingbird (nest)  

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