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Photo by am523
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Field Notes

Description:

Some kind of hummingbird (female?)

Habitat:

Suburban area in California Central Valley

Species ID Suggestions

Allan's hummingbird

Selasphorus sasin

Reference Link
Desmond.E.S.O
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Comments (2)
Desmond.E.S.O
oh, wow. i really didn't think that the range maps overlapped in that one area.
AshleyT
I don't know how you possibly could have identified this bird from the photo, especially since Allen's and Rufous are incredibly similar to each other. It is also spelled Allen's, not Allan's.

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Birds of the World
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Northern California Flora and Fauna
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project
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PublishedApril 29, 2014

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