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Broad Tailed Hummingbird

Selasphorus platycercus

Description:

Male metallic green with rose red gorget; green crown; broad tail with little rufous color. Female similar to female Rufous and Allen Hummingbirds, but has green central tail feathers; outer tail feathers are rust colored at base, black in the middle and white on outer tips.

Habitat:

Mountainous meadows, pinyon-juniper woodlands, dry ponderosa pines, fir mixed forests and canyon vegetation and cities

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daniel.dparsons
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daniel.dparsons

Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Spotted on Aug 10, 2012
Submitted on Aug 10, 2012

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