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Broad Tailed Hummingbird

Selasphorus platycercus

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Description:

iridescent green above with greenish or buffy flanks and a white chest and line down the belly. Adult males have a rose-magenta throat patch (gorget). Females and juveniles have green spots on their throats and cheeks and a pale eyering

Habitat:

Western United States and Western Canada to Mexico and Guatemala

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PublishedJuly 18, 2021

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