The male is green above and white below with an iridescent, rosy-red gorget. These mid-sized hummingbirds have longer bodies and wings than any other North American Selasphorus species. After breeding, they follow the path of blooming plants. Broad-tailed Hummingbirds have been observed nesting at elevations over 10,700 feet. Their nests are often located over water. Nests are typically observed on low horizontal branches of willows, alders, cottonwoods, pines, firs, spruces, or aspens, generally 3 to 13 feet above ground. Nest site selection and construction is done entirely by the female and can begin as early as late April. They will also eat small insects, gleaning them from leaves and snatching them from midair. Broad-tailed Hummingbirds also feed from flowers that are not typically used by other hummingbirds, including pussywillows, currants, and glacier lilies.
FOODīroad-tailed Hummingbirds primarily consume nectar from flowers such as red columbine, Indian paintbrush, sage species, and scarlet mint. This species occupies a wide variety of mountain habitats, including piñon-juniper, pine-oak, montane riparian areas and wet meadows, and areas of open mixed conifers including fir, spruce, and pine.
These hummingbirds can be seen in early March in Arizona and in late March through September in New Mexico. The Broad-tailed Hummingbird is a long-bodied hummingbird whose migratory breeding populations range on the north across the Rocky Mountains to southern Montana and west through forested regions of Nevada and California.
Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) RANGE
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