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