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Calypte costae
Adult Description Small hummingbird. Green upperparts. Male has iridescent violet crown and gorget (throat patch). Gorget extends out sides of throat. Female has white throat and underparts, sometimes with some violet feathers. Immature Description Resembles adult female, with gray-buff edging on feathers of upperparts, and a doubly-rounded tail instead of singly-rounded.
Tohono Chul is a botanical garden, nature preserve and cultural museum located in Casas Adobes, a suburb of Tucson, Arizona.
Spotted on Nov 7, 2014
Submitted on Jan 17, 2015
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Such a beautiful species! It's about time for an annual visit for us from this beauty. I'll keep my eye out. I had to look up your habitat of "Tohono Chul". Looks like a beautiful botanical garden!