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These birds fit your observations best, ranked by the strength of the matching evidence.

Your observation 9 answers recorded · open to review or change

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What TYPE of bird was seen ? Hummingbird
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What colour was the THROAT ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
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What colour were the CHEEKS ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
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What colour was the TOP of HEAD ? Gray, or blue-gray
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What colour was the BILL ? Unknown
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What colour was the BREAST ? Unknown
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WHERE was the bird seen ? Southwestern United States
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What colour was the SIDE ? Green
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WHEN was the bird seen ? Spring
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Identification results

3 species matches

1 rule inferred

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Broad-Billed Hummingbird
Why this matches 6 supporting observations
- What TYPE of bird was seen ? Hummingbird
- What colour was the THROAT ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
- What colour were the CHEEKS ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
- What colour was the TOP of HEAD ? Gray, or blue-gray
- WHERE was the bird seen ? Southwestern United States
- WHEN was the bird seen ? Spring
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Black-chinned Hummingbird
Why this matches 6 supporting observations
- What TYPE of bird was seen ? Hummingbird
- What colour was the THROAT ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
- What colour were the CHEEKS ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
- What colour was the TOP of HEAD ? Gray, or blue-gray
- WHERE was the bird seen ? Southwestern United States
- WHEN was the bird seen ? Spring
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Costa's Hummingbird
Why this matches 5 supporting observations
- What TYPE of bird was seen ? Hummingbird
- What colour was the THROAT ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
- What colour were the CHEEKS ? White, or pale (grayish-white)
- What colour was the TOP of HEAD ? Gray, or blue-gray
- WHERE was the bird seen ? Southwestern United States
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