Hummingbirds

Broad-tailed male	Broad-tailed male	Broad-tailed female	Broad-tailed female	Broad-tailed male
Rufous male	Rufous male	Rufous male	Calliope Hummingbird	Calliope Hummingbird
	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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