Where to Find: Anyplace in the mountains with a hummingbird feeder.Ĭomments: This species is a summer visitor to the Las Vegas area.īroad-tailed Hummingbird - here's to you!īroad-tailed Hummingbird female taking a bathīroad-tailed Hummingbird Portal, Arizona
Taxonomy: Apodiformes, Trochilidae, Trochilinae.įavored Habitat: Mountains from the Yellow Pine zone upward. Females have a white throat with lines of tiny green dots, and they show some red on the sides and a little in the tail. The neck feathers are white, clearly separating the gorget from the green feathers on the side of the chest. Habitat: Found in open woodlands (especially pinyon/juniper and conifer/aspen associations), brushy hillsides, and montane scrub and thickets. Males have a red iridescent gorget (throat feathers) under the chin. They hover in front of flowers and feed on nectar.
General Description: Broad-tailed Hummingbirds ( Selasphorus platycercus) are tiny green birds with long bills.
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Home | Wildlife | Birds | Hummingbird Familyīroad-tailed Hummingbird ( Selasphorus platycercus)īirds Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas This species is characteristic of mountain meadows, and the distinctive trilling whistle of the male can be heard easily as it hovers near low flowers or flies full speed high over head. Populations in the United States migrate to Mexico for the winter. It prefers coniferous forests and edge habitats in the Rocky Mountains of the United States, and in mountainous areas of Mexico and Guatemala. Wildlife Around Las Vegas, Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) The Broad-tailed Hummingbird has a large range, estimated globally at 700,000 square kilometers.
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