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Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Anna's HummingbirdCalypte anna
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Calliope HummingbirdSelasphorus calliope
Broad-billed HummingbirdCynanthus latirostris
Bumblebee HummingbirdSelasphorus heloisa
Costa's HummingbirdCalypte costae
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 716,282 |
|---|---|
| Texas | 85,762 |
| California | 8,496 |
| Colorado | 4,950 |
| New Mexico | 1,995 |
| Arizona | 1,864 |
| Louisiana | 1,318 |
| Utah | 837 |
| Mississippi | 699 |
| South Dakota | 518 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Behavioral
- HoveringCan hover in place while flyingChecked by the maintainer
Group and habits
- Nectar feederDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly feed on nectar.Inferred from its group
- Cup nestingListed by a harvested source as building cup nests.BIRDBASE avian traits database
- Tree nestingListed by a harvested source as nesting in trees.BIRDBASE avian traits database
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Chordates · Chordata |
| Class | Birds · Aves |
| Order | Swifts and Hummingbirds · Apodiformes |
| Family | Hummingbirds · Trochilidae |
| Genus | Rufous, Allen's, and Allied Hummingbirds · Selasphorus |
Study it in a deck
Or build your own from the species near you.
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- Traits: BIRDBASE avian traits database (CC BY 4.0)
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Broad-tailed Hummingbird with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.