Broad-Tailed Hummingbird

On July 2, 2021 Judy and I were in the Dripping Springs Natural Ara 10 miles east of Las Cruces, New Mexico on the west side of the Organ Mountains. There was a little cabin near a trailhead with a hummingbird feeder and I got my first, and so far only, broad-tailed hummingbirds. 

The female has paler rufous on the flanks, white eye-ring and spotted cheeks. 

Per Birds of the World, "In flight, broad and rounded tail tail feathers are distinctive...[R]usty color at the base of the tail feathers and white tips on the [three] outer tail feathers." The male has a red gorget on the throat and lacks the spotted cheeks. 

Illustration of female from Birds of the World.

Illustration of male from Birds of the World. 

Range from Birds of the World. Breeds in higher elevations in the southern and central Rocky Mountains, eastern California and Mexico.