fg2hummingbirds 的鑑定

This hummingbird seems to have less green on the back than the average Allen's, which makes me highly suspect this is a Rufous.

Este zumbador parece tener menos verde en la espalda que el Zumbador de Allen promedio, que me hace sospechar altamente que este es un Zumbador Canelo.

We're ID'ing this bird a female adult-type Lucifer Hummingbird (LUHU). Range and habitat are appropriate. We'd like it if her outsized bill were more strongly curved, but photos of other female LUHUs show some bills more curved than others. She had an iridescent green back and crown, buffy plain throat and flanks with a lighter band below the gorget, and a green whoosh behind her eye. The outer four tail feathers on each side were olive-rufous, going to blackish, then to white at the tips. The inner tail feathers were olive-rufous colored. Her tail was short compared with the wings, which is expected for a female type LUHU.

Following photo review we're eliminating a female-type Black-chinned which typically lacks the buffy coloring and tend to be paler of breast and throat. A female-type Costa's would lack the buffy sides and breast band. A female-type Broad-tailed or Anna's should have spotting on the breast and cheeks. A female-type Selasphorus should be more cinnamon/rufous on the sides with spotting on the face and throat. A female-type Broad-billed should be drabber and gray underneath. The tail isn't short enough for a Calliope and our bird's bill is too prodigious.

We found her -- or more accurately, she found us -- in the lush riparian area in the Leslie Canyon NWR along Leslie Canyon Road. Her refusal to leave us alone suggests she may have been defending a nest. Although the only other hummingbird we saw here was a Black-chinned male who kept his distance, staying up in the desert scrub.