Compare Local Hummingbirds
Black-chinned
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/black-chinned-map.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/black-chinned2.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/black-chinned2.jpg)
Broad-tailed
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/broad-tailed-map.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/broad-tailed-map.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/broad_tailed_key.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/broad_tailed_key.jpg)
Calliope
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/callliope-map.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/callliope-map.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/calliope_key.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/calliope_key.jpg)
Rufous
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/rufous-map.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/rufous-map.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/rufous_key.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/rufous_key.jpg)
Frequency Graph for Los Alamos County – April through October (eBird.org)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hummingbird_frequency.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hummingbird_frequency.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hummingbird_key.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hummingbird_key.jpg)
Calliope (left) and Broad-tailed (right)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/calliope-broad-tailed-females2-1000x438.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/calliope-broad-tailed-females2-1000x438.jpg)
Calliope
Length: 3 in
Wingspan: 4.3 in
Rufous
Length: 3.5 in
Wingspan: 4.3 in
Males
Black-chinned
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/black-chinned_male.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/black-chinned_male.jpg)
Back: Green
Front: White
Flanks: Green
Throat: Black with Purple Base
Tail: Slightly Forked/Dark
Broad-tailed
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/broad-tailed_male.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/broad-tailed_male.jpg)
Back: Green
Front: White
Flanks: Green/Buff
Throat: Magenta
Tail: Wide/Mostly Dark
Calliope
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/calliope_male2-1000x1000.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/calliope_male2-1000x1000.jpg)
Back: Green
Front: White
Flanks: Green
Throat: Reddish-Purple
Tail: Short/Entirely Dark
Rufous
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/rufous_male.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/rufous_male.jpg)
Back: Rufous
Front: White
Flanks: Rufous
Throat: Orange-Red
Tail: Forked/Rufous
Females
Black-chinned
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/black-chinned_female.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/black-chinned_female.jpg)
Back: Green
Front: White
Flanks: Green
Throat: White/Variable Streaking
Tail: Dark/White Tips
Broad-tailed
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/broad-tailed_female.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/broad-tailed_female.jpg)
Back: Green
Front: White
Flanks: Rust-colored
Throat: White/Variable Streaking
Tail: Dark/Rufous Base/White Tips
Calliope
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/calliope_female.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/calliope_female.jpg)
Back: Green
Front: White
Flanks: Rufous
Throat: White/Thin Streaks
Tail: Dark/Trace Rufus/White Tips
Rufous
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/rufous_female4.jpg)
![](https://peecnature.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/rufous_female4.jpg)
Back: Green
Front: White
Flanks: Rufous
Throat: White/Variable Spots
Tail: Dark/White Tips
Black-chinned
Broad-tailed
Calliope
Rufous