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Allen's Humingbird

Selasphorus sasin

Habitat:

Cape honeysuckle hedge in a garden.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Liam
Liam 11 years ago
Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin Allen's Hummingbird


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8 Comments

Mona Pirih
Mona Pirih 10 years ago

Beautiful..

duttagupta35504
duttagupta35504 10 years ago

Awesome!

Ali Hemati Pour
Ali Hemati Pour 11 years ago

So Sweet!

redyellgrn99
redyellgrn99 11 years ago

Great Shot!

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

could also be a juvenile since it has some red patches.
Allen's is year round but there is also Rufus Hummingbird which is almost the same coloring

Nice series Torrey! They sure love the Cape Honeysuckle!

Jellis
Jellis 11 years ago

looks like a female Allen's Hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin

KarenL
KarenL 11 years ago

Lovely!

TorreyNeel
Spotted by
TorreyNeel

San Diego, California, USA

Spotted on Jul 13, 2012
Submitted on Jul 14, 2012

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