Broad-tailed Hummingbird Images and Information:
Selasphorus platycercus
- Broad-tailed Hummingbirds are medium sized hummingbirds. Male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds have iridescent watermelon red gorgets, green backs and flanks, grayish bellies with white below the gorget, dark green tails that can show some rufous coloration. Female Broad-tailed Hummingbirds are slightly larger than the males, they have green backs, some orange-rufous is shown in their flanks, whitish throats with speckling, their tails are dark green and rufous and they have white tipped outer tail feathers.
- Broad-tailed Hummingbirds are migratory. During the breeding season they can be found from the mountains in eastern California, the Great Basin, Rocky Mountains states south to Southern Arizona, New Mexico, Western Texas and Mexico. They winter in Mexico.
- Broad-tailed Hummingbirds can be found in habitats that include ponderosa forests, pinyon-juniper woodlands, mixed forests, mountains meadows and mountainous riparian zones.
- Broad-tailed Hummingbirds feed on floral nectar and small insects.
- Broad-tailed Hummingbirds lay two eggs which hatch in 14 to 17 days. The female incubates and they are promiscuous.
- A group of hummingbirds can be called a “tune”, “hover”, “shimmer”, or a “bouquet” of hummingbirds.
- The oldest known Broad-tailed Hummingbird was a female who was over 12 years old when she was recaptured in Colorado.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Broad-tailed Hummingbird photos.
Peek-a-boo feeding male Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Title: Peek-a-boo feeding male Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/9/2022
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird showing the color of his gorget
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird showing the color of his gorget
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird settling onto his perch
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird settling onto his perch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Alert adult male Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Title: Alert adult male Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Resting adult male Broad-tailed Hummingbird in spring
Title: Resting adult male Broad-tailed Hummingbird in spring
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Relaxed male Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Title: Relaxed male Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird flashing his gorget
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird flashing his gorget
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird stink eye
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird stink eye
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird and serviceberry blossoms
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird and serviceberry blossoms
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2022
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird with his bill open
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird with his bill open
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/14/2020
Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird hovering at a blooming snowberry bush
Title: Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird hovering at a blooming snowberry bush
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/14/2020
Broad-tailed Hummingbird female feeding on snowberry nectar
Title: Broad-tailed Hummingbird female feeding on snowberry nectar
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/14/2020
Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird sipping nectar from a snowberry
Title: Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird sipping nectar from a snowberry
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/14/2020
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird hovering below Black Twinberry Honeysuckle flowers
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird hovering below Black Twinberry Honeysuckle flowers
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/19/2020
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Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird taking off in a strong breeze
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird taking off in a strong breeze
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/12/2020
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird perched in strong breeze
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird perched in strong breeze
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/12/2020
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird landing in a stiff breeze
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird landing in a stiff breeze
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/12/2020
Resting female Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Title: Resting female Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/5/2020
Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird in a spotlight
Title: Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird in a spotlight
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/5/2020
Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird back view
Title: Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird back view
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/5/2020