Lucifer Hummingbird
Lucifer Hummingbird: Small hummingbird, metallic green upperparts, head, sides, flared purple-red gorget (throat feathers) extending around sides of neck, white breast and belly. Tail is dark and deeply forked. Bill is long and decurved. Direct and hovering flight on rapid wing beats.
● Song:
"chip"
● Foraging & Feeding:
Lucifer Hummingbird: Eats spiders, small insects (primarily flies), and nectar; forages while hovering.
● Breeding & nesting:
Lucifer Hummingbird: Two white eggs are laid in a nest made of plant fibers, flowers, lichens, and seeds, and built from 4 to 6 feet above the ground in a shrub or cholla cactus. Eggs are incubated for 15 days by the female.
● Similar species:
Lucifer Hummingbird: Black-chinned Hummingbird has black face, straight black bill, short, notched tail, and lacks white stripe behind eye. Costa's Hummingbird has purple crown, head, and throat, straight bill, and short, rounded tail.