Broad-billed Hummingbird – Bird Art Print on Wood

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This listing is for a limited edition, fine art print of my original painting of a Broad-billed Hummingbird called, “I’d go the whole wide world just to find her.”

This portrait is of a broad-billed hummingbird that a friend was lucky enough to snap a photo of. These little guys mostly live in Arizona, Mexico, and sometimes Southern California, so it was kind of a freak occurrence that one ended up in our neck of the woods. But man, look at all those gorgeous colors!

About the Broad-billed Hummingbird

from AllAboutBirds.org:

A strikingly colorful bird, the Broad-billed Hummingbird reaches the northern limit of its range in southeastern Arizona. Broad-billed Hummingbirds that nest in Arizona are migratory; populations in Mexico are resident year-round in their breeding range.

Like other hummingbirds, the Broad-billed Hummingbird probably consumes about 1.6 to 1.7 times its body weight in nectar each day.

The male Broad-billed Hummingbird performs a courtship display, starting by hovering about a foot from the female and then flying in repeated arcs, like a pendulum.

Like other hummingbirds, the Broad-billed Hummingbird is incapable of walking or hopping.

The oldest recorded Broad-billed Hummingbird was a male, and was at least 9 years, 1 month old when it was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Arizona.