Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Selasphorus platycercus

Order

APODIFORMES

Family

Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Code 4

BTAH

Code 6

SELPLA

ITIS

HEAD

Bill Shape: Needle
Eye Color: Brown.
Head Pattern: Plain, Unique pattern
Crown Color: Iridescent green
Forehead Color: Iridescent green
Nape Color: Iridescent green
Throat Color: Red
Cere color: No Data

BODY

Length Range: 10-11 cm (4-4.5 in)
Weight: 3 g (0.1 oz)
Size: 1. Very Small (3 - 5 in)
Color Primary: Green, Gray, Sheen or Iridescence
Underparts: Gray-washed white with green sides and flanks.
Upperparts: Iridescent green
Back Pattern: Solid
Belly Pattern: Solid
Breast Pattern: Solid

FLIGHT

Flight Pattern: Hovers when feeding., Swift, dashing direct flight.
Wingspan Range: 13 cm (5 in)
Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
Tail Shape: Fan-shaped Tail
Tail Pattern: Banded
Upper Tail: Green
Under Tail: Green
Leg Color: Black

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