Species Information

Kingdom: Animalia
  Phylum: Craniata
    Class: Aves
      Order: Apodiformes
        Family: Trochilidae
          Genus: Cynanthus
            Species: latirostris

Broad-Billed Hummingbird - Cynanthus latirostris

Broad-Billed Hummingbird

Image courtesy of Biota Information System of New Mexico

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Species Extent (New Mexico)

General Description

Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) is a small (10 cm) metallic blue and green hummingbird found in Mexico with northern breeding populations in southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona. In New Mexico, it can be found in Guadalupe Canyon in Hidalgo County. In the U.S., they are mostly limited to rocky canyons, foothills, arroyos, and streams in or near desert habitat.

Status

Global Rank: G5

State Rank: S1B,S1N

State Status: T

Federal Status:

USFS Status:

BLM Status:

SWAP Status: SGCN

NMRP Strategy Status:

Observations in Natural Heritage New Mexico Database

Number of Subpopulations: 10

Number of Mapped Locations: 11

Number of Observations: 14

Observation date range: 06-07-1969 to 09-14-2019

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