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Hummingbird - Broad-tailed Hummingbird 20
| Subject: | Hummingbird - Broad-tailed Hummingbird 20
| | Poster: | Don (don@wildlife.net)
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File date : 1998:04:29 09:00:00
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Posted Newsgroups: alt.binaries.pictures.animals
Posted Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 21:56:48 GMT |
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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