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Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus
33.8031, -118.094
Field Notes
Description:
Picture shows a male. Fiery red "gorget" (throat patch) made up of iridescent feathers. Overall bird is mainly rusty brown with some white on chest and rump. Wings edged in dark brown.
Habitat:
Livs along the Western U.S., and the Rufous breeds further north than any other hummingbird - into Alaska! "Of all the western hummingbirds, the Rufous Hummingbird shows up most often in eastern North America. Rufous Hummingbirds breed around forest edges, streamsides, and mountain meadows and winter mainly in pine-oak woods in Mexico (although some winter along the Gulf Coast in the southeastern United States and casually northward throughout much of the eastern United States)." (Source - EOL)
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PublishedOctober 31, 2014
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