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Hummingbird - Broad-tailed
| Subject: | Hummingbird - Broad-tailed
| | Poster: | Donald Mathis (Donald Mathis)
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File date : 1997:08:12 09:00:00
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Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Posted Date: Mon, 11 Aug 1997 07:58:46 -0500 |
Content-Type: image/jpeg; name="Broad-tailedHummingbird_F_02.jpg"
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| 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. |
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