Broad-tailed hummingbird, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, 2014.

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Broad-tailed hummingbird, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, 2014.

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Amazingly, the broad-tailled hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) is actually a medium-sized hummingbird at nearly 4 inches in length. Both sexes have irridescent green backs, crowns and as well as a white breast. However, males have a throat patch (gorget) that shines a brilliant irridescent pink/red and a predominantly-black tail.

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2014
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