I saw these guys in a small hummingbird aviary in Tucson for this #featheredfriday
At first glance I though this was a Black Chinned Hummingbird but the flaring out purple and more green body lead me to the Costa's Hummingbird identification. When I took this shot it was chattering loudly trying to call a mate.
Here you can see its mustache feathers on its neck really flaring out as it preens.
At certain angles its color disappears leaving mostly just a black chin but the body color is a bit more green than a Black Chinned Hummingbird.
Thankfully they were quite tame and perched in their own territory giving me plenty of opportunity to photograph them.
I saw some females flying around here and there but they were not sitting still like the male who was showing off for them.
I almost thought this was Ana's Hummingbird because his feathers were highlighted on top of his head too. But Ana's tends to be less of a purple and more of a red orange.
Now at just a slightly different angle the top feathers stop being colorful again.
Here he is taking a break from displaying to take a drink from one of the many feeders in the aviary.
Thankfully the aviary was large enough for them to be able to stake claims to territory without too much fighting. Back in the day when I used to live in AZ we setup feeders and the wild hummingbirds would be constantly attacking each other to claim the feader, thus we ended up taking it down as it gets loud and violent with angry hummingbirds outside the window all the time.