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.
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird showing his colorful gorget
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird showing his colorful gorget
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/3/2019
Broad-tailed Hummingbird male landing on his favorite perch
Title: Broad-tailed Hummingbird male landing on his favorite perch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 6/3/2019
Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird perched in blooming Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Title: Female Broad-tailed Hummingbird perched in blooming Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/3/2019
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird hovering in front of blooming Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird hovering in front of blooming Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/3/2019
Broad-tailed Hummingbird male shaking his feathers
Title: Broad-tailed Hummingbird male shaking his feathers
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2019
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird looking up at the sky
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird looking up at the sky
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2019
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird getting nectar from a Golden Currant bloom
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird getting nectar from a Golden Currant bloom
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2019
Native
Broad-tailed Hummingbird male checking out Golden Currant blooms
Title: Broad-tailed Hummingbird male checking out Golden Currant blooms
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2019
Native
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird feeding from Black Twinberry Honeysuckle blooms
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird feeding from Black Twinberry Honeysuckle blooms
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2019
Native
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird at a blooming Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird at a blooming Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/31/2019
Native
Broad-tailed Hummingbird male landing on a tiny twig
Title: Broad-tailed Hummingbird male landing on a tiny twig
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2019
Landing Broad-tailed Hummingbird by a Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Title: Landing Broad-tailed Hummingbird by a Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2019
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird backing up in flight
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird backing up in flight
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2019
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird at a Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird at a Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2019
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird nectaring from a Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird nectaring from a Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2019
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds in an altercation
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds in an altercation
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/14/2019
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird up close
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird up close
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/14/2019
Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird getting nectar from a Wax Currant bloom
Title: Male Broad-tailed Hummingbird getting nectar from a Wax Currant bloom
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/14/2019
Over the shoulder look from a male Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Title: Over the shoulder look from a male Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/14/2019
Hovering male Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Title: Hovering male Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/14/2019