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Field Notes

Description:

Female...either black- chinned or broad tail.

Habitat:

Feeder...sagebrush steppe

Species ID Suggestions

Broad tail Hummingbird
ccasselman
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Calliope Hummingbird

Selasphorus calliope

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Liam
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Comments (3)
Liam
All species of hummingbird in your area have white behind the eye. If made a call on this bird, it would be female Calliope Hummingbird (Selasphorus calliope) based on the clean throat and short bill. I wouldn't say color is reliable from this photo, but the color also resembles Calliope more than Broad-tailed.
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
I think the white behind the eye is more suggestive of broad-tailed. You could safely change your "Unknown" in the Common name field to Hummingbird.
TiDaDu
Isn't that shimming bird?

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