The female’s plumage closely resembles that of Allen’s and Rufous Hummingbirds. Its chin and throat are marked with dark spots. The central tail feathers are green, and the outer tail feathers are rust-colored at base, black in middle, and white on the outer tips. The tail feathers have an interesting color combination. The lower parts of the bird’s body is dull whitish, with warm buff-tinged sides. The adult female, on the other hand, has a white throat with iridescent green or bronze speckles.
Its tail is also described as wide and rounded. The adult male is distinguished for having a metallic rosy-red or iridescent pink-red throat, white belly and breast, green sides, and black tail with some red-brown outermost feathers. The Broad-tailed Hummingbird has shiny green upper parts, especially the crown and back. The Broad-tailed Hummingbird grows to a length of 3.1-3.5 inches, a wingspan of 5.1 inches, and a weight of 3-4 grams. Table of Contents: Appearance | Food | Distribution and Habitat | Behavior and Ecology | Conservation Appearance It has the ability to enter torpor, slow its heart rate and drop its body temperature. The bird is known to easily adapt in cold environments.
It’s called Broad-tailed to refer to the broad, rounded tail of both males and females of the species. The Broad-tailed Hummingbird, sometimes labeled as a ‘hummingbird of subalpine meadows’ in reference to its preferred habitat, is a medium-sized hummingbird that lives mostly in the western United States and Mexico.
0 kommentar(er)
