Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Selasphorus platycercus

BTLH, BTAH

Order: Apodiformes | Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
Broad-tailed Hummingbird 1

Bird Description

Very rare winter visitor. A Selasphorus with even-width primaries and long (less tapered) tail. Subtly longer, more tapered, and paler than RUHU with smaller head. Ad ♂: white line behind eye separates rose gorget from crown. ♀/imms: color patterns similar to CAHU. Subtly distinctive face pattern: gray-faced with speckled throat.

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