- Known for its massive bill, black mask, and white throat, it relies heavily on dense streamside woodlands with large cottonwood and Arizona sycamore trees for breeding
- They migrate north from Mexico and arrive in southern Arizona in late May, generally staying through early September
- Often called "Arizona's loudest bird," they are highly conspicuous, pugnacious, and perch high in tree canopies to hunt flying insects and defend their territory
- You will only find them in specific riparian corridors rather than open desert scrub
- Top Southern Arizona hot-spots to see them: Paton Center for Hummingbirds; Cave Creek Canyon; San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area; Box Canyon