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broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
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Description
English: « Trochilus montanus » = Selasphorus platycercus (Broad-tailed Hummingbird)
Français : « Trochilus montanus » = Selasphorus platycercus (Colibri à queue large)
Date 1841
Source A selection of the birds of Brazil and Mexico http://www.archive.org/stream/selectionofbirds00swai#page/n305/mode/2up
Author William Swainson (1789-1855)
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Selasphorus_platycercus_1841.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. 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 pink-red iridescence and a broad, predominantly black tail accented with varying amounts of green, rufous, and occasionally white. The female is much duller with pale rust-colored sides and outer tail feathers banded in rufous, green, black, and white. In flight the male's wings produce a distinct trilling sound 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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