Broad-billed Hummingbird is a summer-breeding visitor in southeastern Arizona, most abundant along riparian corridors and canyon bottoms—places like Madera Canyon, Sonoita Creek, and the Santa Cruz River—where it occurs from roughly March through September. The male’s vivid emerald-green body, glittering sapphire-blue throat, and broad red bill with a black tip make it unmistakable; females and juveniles are paler, with whitish underparts and variable throat spotting. This species feeds on nectar from native flowers (e.g., desert honeysuckle, Penstemon) and backyard feeders, then migrates south into Mexico for the winter, although with a plentiful source of nectar, some stay all year round.
