Hummingbirds
broad tailed
broad tailed male
broad tailed female
broad tailed
Broad-tailed male
Broad-tailed male
Broad-tailed female
Broad-tailed female
Broad-tailed male
rufous hummingbird
rufous hummingbird
calliope hummingbird
calliope hummingbird
Rufous male
Rufous male
Rufous male
Calliope Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
rufous female
rufous female
Broad-tailed male
Broad-tailed males
Rufous female
Rufous female
Broad-tailed female
Broad-tailed young male
Broad-tailed female

 

There are three species of humingbirds in Colorado. The green one is called Broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) and the brown one is Rufous hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus). Rufous female is greenish as well except that it has some brown feathers, unlike the Broad-tailed. Ruby-throated (Archilocus colubris), similar to Broad-tailed except it has a dark chin, is not present in Colorado. The third species found in Colorado is Calliope humingbird (Stellula calliope), the smallest of them all. It is very rare in CO, and more common on the West Coast.

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