Western Bird Guide: Birds of the Rockies and West to the Pacific

by Charles K. Reed

BROAD-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD.

432. Selasphorus platycercus. 4 inches.

The crown, back and central tail feathers are a metallic green. They do not have the elongated feathers on the throat and no ruff. Under parts dull white, shading into light green on the sides, the throat is a bright lilac. They are very abundant in Arizona and Colorado, where they nest much as does the “Ruby-Throat” in the east.