Hummingbirds

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

Selasphorus platycercus

The Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) is a 3.5 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

3.5 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in United States, Mexico, Guatemala.

Where to see it: Rancho Primavera (Mexico); Estero Llano Grande SP WBC (LTC 054) (United States); Finca Rubel Chaim (acceso restringido) (Guatemala); Parque Ecológico de Xochimilco (Mexico).

Photo: (c) John Powers, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist