Female Lucifer Hummingbird, Lucifer Sheartail, Calothorus lucifer, 3.5 in / 8.89 cm. UNCOMMON and very local in brushy desert with large numbers of agave plants. Wanders into nearby habitat with nectar feeders.

Ash Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA.

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Male Costa's Hummingbird, Calypso costae, 3.5 in. / 8.89 cm. COMMON in low desert habitat.

Greasewood Park, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States. Flickr gets it wrong - no mobile home park here.

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Female Stripe-breasted Starthroat, Heliomaster squamosus, 11 - 12 cm. / 4.33 - 4.72 in. Locally COMMON in open habitats, such as forest edge, riparian forest and wooded ranch land and savanna.

Boa Nova National Park, Boa Nova, Estado Bahia, Brazil.

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Rufous Hummingbird, Selasphorus rufus, 9.53 cm. / 3.75 in. COMMON in open coniferous forests and riparian woods, during migration in many habitats.

Randall Davie Audubon Center, Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico, USA.

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Male Horned Sungem, Heliactin bilophus, 9 - 11 cm. / 3.5 - 4.3 in. Locally COMMON in riparian forest, woodland, wooded ranchlands, parks and gardens.

Bahia, Brazil.

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