Rare regular spring migrant and summer visitor west. Though females and immature males can certainly be confused with Rufous Hummingbirds, and all ages and sexes can even be overlooked as Ruby-throated Hummingbirds to inexperienced observers, the species is likely being overlooked at feeders. Broad-tailed Hummingbird ( Selasphorus platycercus) The male Broad-taileds wings make a cricket-like whistle in flight. BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD Birds of Nebraska Online BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD Species / Apby Silcock & Jorgensen Selasphorus platycercus Status: Uncommon regular fall migrant west and west-central, rare casual east-central and east. Considering the double-digit records for the even more westerly breeding Calliope Hummingbird, and several records for the highly unlikely Green Violetear, it is very surprising that only one state record has surfaced of Broad-tailed Hummingbird. This species is not a.Nesting, feeding, characteristic behaviors: Nests. The ruby-throated hummingbird is the only species of hummingbird known to nest to Georgia. There is one state record of the Broad-tailed Hummingbird: an immature male was banded and photographed at a feeder near Gibsonville ( Guilford), - *. Nesting, feeding, characteristic behaviors: Nests in a deciduous tree or in a conifer at a height of 3-15 (To 30) feet, in a cup nest. Interesting Facts Georgia is home to 11 hummingbird species during the year: the ruby-throated, black-chinned, rufous, calliope, magnificent, Allens, Annas, broad-billed, green violet-ear, green-breasted mango and broad-tailed hummingbird.
Broad-tailed Hummingbird - Selasphorus platycercusĪccidental.
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