From the side, we see what looks like an adult male Broad-billed, except that there seems to be too much black on the bill, the throat and breast don't appear quite blue enough, and the white spot usually present behind the eye is almost nonexistent.

Most hybrid hummingbirds show a fairly balanced blending of characteristics from the two parent species. For a hybrid to look this much like a Broad-billed, it seems likely that the other parent species is very similar in appearance, at least in adult male plumage. The most likely candidate is Berylline, a rare but nearly annual summer visitor to the Huachuca Mountains that is known to have nested several times in Ramsey Canyon. Both sexes have extensive metallic green "bibs," dull bronzy lower backs, little or no white behind the eye, and bills that are orange only on the lower mandible. In both sexes of Berylline, the most distinctive field mark is a cinnamon-buff stripe in the wing, a muted version of which is present in at least three probable Berylline X Magnificent hybrids observed in the Huachuca Mountains. The apparent absence of a wing stripe on this hybrid makes its parentage somewhat more speculative. Nevertheless, Broad-billed X Berylline seems to be the best fit for its characteristics and location.