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Field Guide to Birds of North America
Species Overview
Identification
Behavior
Portrait
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
Crown Color:
Iridescent green
Forehead Color:
Iridescent green
Nape Color:
Iridescent green
Throat Color:
Red
Cere color:
No Data
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BODY
Length Range:
10-11 cm (4-4.5 in)
Weight:
3 g (0.1 oz)
Size:
Very Small (3 - 5 in)
Color Primary:
Green, 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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Parts of a Standing bird
X
Head Feathers and Markings
X
Parts of a Flying bird
X