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Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
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About the Broad-tailed Hummingbird
The broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) is a medium-sized hummingbird species found in highland regions from western United States and Western Canada to Mexico and Guatemala.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Selasphorus platycercus
- Family
- Hummingbirds
- Order
- Apodiformes
Similar species
Other members of the hummingbirds family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis amethystinus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala
- Bahama Woodstar Nesophlox evelynae
- Beautiful Hummingbird Calothorax pulcher
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri
- Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
- Blue-capped Hummingbird Eupherusa cyanophrys
- Blue-tailed Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanura
- Blue-throated Goldentail Chlorestes eliciae
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