Broad-billed Hummingbird

Cynanthus latirostris Swainson, 1827

Spanish: Colibrí Pico Ancho Norteño

The Broad-billed Hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Trochilinae (mountain gems, bees and emeralds), tribe Trochilini (emeralds). It weighs about 3.1 g and its bill is 21.0 mm long. It lives in the United States and Mexico. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a stable population.

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At a glance

Weight

3.1 g, about 3 paperclips

Bill

21.0 mm

Lives in

Woodland

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, stable

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Trochilinae mountain gems, bees and emeralds
3. Tribe Trochilini emeralds
4. Genus Cynanthus emeralds

Where it lives · 3 countries

• United States
• Mexico
• Canada rare visitor

Others in the genus Cynanthus

• Tres Marias Hummingbird Cynanthus lawrencei
• Turquoise-crowned Hummingbird Cynanthus doubledayi
• Golden-crowned Emerald Cynanthus auriceps
• Cozumel Emerald Cynanthus forficatus
• Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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