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| Selasphorus platycercus |
(Swainson, 1827) |
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Family: Trochilidae |
Order: Apodiformes |
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Broad-tailed hummingbird |
Colibri ŕ queue large |
Colibrí coliancho |
Breitschwanzelfe |
| Migration: intercontinental |
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Sedentary in Mexico and Guatemala, migratory in USA. Male arrives in Arizona late Feb or early Mar, in
Colorado late Apr to late May; migrates to Mexico early Sept. Altitudinal dispersal after reproduction.
(del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1999)
- digitised by GROMS, after del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1999) - www.hbw.com,
- Copyright: GROMS/BfN -
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| Regions: Mesoamerica, North America |
| Feedback: mail to Klaus Riede |
| (Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |