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The broad-tailed hummingbird, Selasphorus platycercus, is a member of the order Apodiformes, in the family Trochilidae. Hummingbird taxonomy has not been extensively studied, but its phylogenic division can be divided as a family into nine clades in which the broad-tailed hummingbird is a member of the "Bee group" and included in the Selasphorus genus.
List of hummingbirds known to occur in North America. Bronzy hermit, Glaucis aeneus LC. Rufous-breasted hermit, Glaucis hirsutus LC. Band-tailed barbthroat, Threnetes ruckeri LC. Green hermit, Phaethornis guy LC. Little hermit, Phaethornis longuemareus LC. Long-billed hermit, Phaethornis longirostris LC.
Costa's hummingbird Calypte costae. Jamaican mango Anthracothorax mango. Purple-throated carib Eulampis jugularis. Red-billed streamertail Trochilus polytmus. Ruby-topaz hummingbird Chrysolampis mosquitus. Rufous-breasted hermit Glaucis hirsutus. Vervain hummingbird Mellisuga minima. White-necked jacobin Florisuga mellivora. Common name.
Description. This species is small, as a mature adult grows to only 3–3.5 in (7.6–8.9 cm) in length, with a wingspan of 11 cm, [10] and an average weight of 3.05 g for males and 3.22 g for females. [3][11] The male has a mainly green back and flanks, a small black tail and wings, and patches of white below their gorgeted throat and tail.
The broad-billed hummingbird (Cynanthus latirostris) is a small-sized hummingbird that resides in Mexico and the southwestern United States. [3] The bird displays sexual dimorphism, and the juveniles resemble the female adult more than the male adult. The broad-billed hummingbird is a bright coloured bird with a broad and bright red bill.
Trochilus colubris Linnaeus, 1758. The ruby-throated hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) is a species of hummingbird that generally spends the winter in Central America, Mexico, and Florida, and migrates to Canada and other parts of Eastern North America for the summer to breed. It is the most common hummingbird in eastern North America, having ...
The bumblebee hummingbird's song has been described as "a high, thin, whining sss ssssssssis or seeuuuuu, drawn out and fading at end", and is sung from a perch. Its calls are "high chips, much like [those of other] Selasphorus." The male's wings make an insect-like buzz in flight; it is louder during the courtship display.
In one day, the bee hummingbird may visit 1,500 flowers. [6] It is a diurnal bird that can fly at 40–48 km/h (22–26 kn; 11–13 m/s), and it beats its wings 80–200 times per second, which allows it to remain stationary in the air to feed on flowers. The bee hummingbird lives up to seven years in the wild, and 10 years in captivity. [3]