broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Description
English: Broad tailed hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus; in WY
Date 7 July 2011, 13:11:48
Author Kati Fleming
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Broad_tailed_hummingbird,_Selasphorus_platycercus;_front.jpg
The broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) is a medium-sized hummingbird, nearly 10 cm in length. It is one of seven species in the genus Selasphorus. The range of the broad-tailed hummingbird extends across mountain forests and meadows throughout the Western United States. Order: Apodiformes, Family: Trochilidae, Subfamily: Trochilinae, Genus: Selasphorus, Species: Selasphorus platycercus (Swainson, 1827).