Broad Tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)
Medium sized Hummingbird
Head metalic green, throat pink, eyes black, long straight thin bill
Green upperparts and flanks, broad tail may have some brown - rufus
Female has orange-brown underparts and slight speckles on throat
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Broad Tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) |
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Size
Length 4 - 4.5 inches, wingspan 5 inches
Weight
2 - 4 grams, 0.1 - 0.14 oz
Habitat
Mountain meadows, pinyon-juniper woodlands, dry Pondersosa pines, canyon vegetation and mixed forests
Nest
Woven cup of plant down, spider silk, lichens
Eggs
2 white eggs, incubation 14 - 17 days, fledge 21 - 26 days
Food
Floral nectar and small insects. Consumes more than 1.5 times its body weight in nectar per day
Voice
Chitter, chitter, chitter
A sharp click
Characteristics
Breeds in mountains of California, Wyoming, Rock mountains into Arizona
Feeder foods: Sugar water
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