broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)

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Subject:	broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
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Description
Selasphorus platycercus
Date 1861
Source Gould, John: A monograph of the Trochilidae, or family of humming-birds Volume 3 (1861) http://archive.org/stream/monographTrochi3Goul#page/n103/mode/2up
Author John Gould (1804–1881) & Henry Constantine Richter (1821–1902)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MonographTrochi3Goul_0104.jpg

The broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) is a medium-sized hummingbird, nearly 10 cm in length. The range of the broad-tailed hummingbird extends across mountain forests and meadows throughout the Western United States.

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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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