Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
(L 4" WS 5.25" Wt 0.13 oz)
Survives in high mtns...can
enter torpor, slowing heart
rate and dropping body temp.
enter torpor, slowing heart
rate and dropping body temp.
Cataract Lake
Colorado
23Jun2012
Melody Lodge Cabins
Colorado
Colorado
23Jun2012
female
If fat geese were selling for
10 cents a pound, I couldn't
buy a hummingbird.
10 cents a pound, I couldn't
buy a hummingbird.
(Unknown)
© Cornell
Ornithology
Ornithology
Selasphorus in Greek means carrying a
bright flame or a flash of lightning;
platycercus in Greek means broad-tailed.
bright flame or a flash of lightning;
platycercus in Greek means broad-tailed.
© Audubon
Society
Society