Plain-capped Starthroat (Heliomaster constantii), Private Residence, Carr Canyon, Cochise County

This Plain-capped Starthroat was discovered on 29 August by Priscilla Brodkin and photographed by Jay Lehman on 30 August 2013

Rare summer visitor, but sometimes annual.

Large dull colored hummingbird, long bill, bold white and dark facial markings, grayish gorget narrow at chin with dark red near bottom, whitish midline on grayish underparts, white tipped tail feathers, white on lower back and rump seen but not shown in photo.

30 August 2013, photo by Jay Lehman