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Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus platycercus
How to attract the Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Description of the Broad-tailed Hummingbird
A green hummingbird with a rosy-colored gorget on males. Undersides are more buffy than similar appearing Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
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Plants to attract the Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Grow mature deciduous and coniferous trees and large shrubs for nesting, and plant native western red and purple flowers.
Range of the Broad-tailed Hummingbird
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