Hummingbird - Broad-tailed Hummingbird 21

Query: Selasphorus platycercus

Result: 13^th of 36

Subject:	Hummingbird - Broad-tailed Hummingbird 21
Poster:	Don (don@wildlife.net)

Broad-tailedHummingbird 21-InFlight-Closeup.JPG

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Hummingbird - Broad-tailed Hummingbird 21

The Broad-tailed hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus, is a medium-sized hummingbird, nearly four inches (10 cm) in length. Male and female both have iridescent green backs and crowns and a white breast. The male has a gorget (throat patch) that shines with a brilliant red iridescence. The female is much duller with rust-colored, mottled flanks and underside. Female's tail feathers are tipped with a band of white. In flight the wings produce a distinct trilling noise diagnostic for this species.

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Scientific Name: Selasphorus platycercus (Swainson, 1827) Synonyms: Selasphorus platycercus platycercus (Swainson, 1827) Common Names: Broad-tailed Hummingbird French: Colibri à queue large German: Breitschwanzelfe Spanish: Colibrí coliancho, Zumbador cola ancha Taxonomy: Trochilus platycercus Swainson, 1827, no locality = Mexico.

Selasphorus platycercus
13/36

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