Lucifer Hummingbird

Lucifer Hummingbird

Calothorax lucifer

3 1/2"

The Lucifer is mainly a species of northern and central Mexico and central Mexico. Rare in southeast Arizona and southwest New Mexico. Very rare breeder in the Chisos Mountains of Texas.

Only hummingbird with a decurved, downward arching bill. Lucifer belongs to a group of hummingbird species called “sheartails,” named for their deeply forked, narrow tail. Male has a green crown, purple throat and long tail. Female is buff below, belly often whitish, and with a rounded tail.