Order
        
Apodiformes
      
      
        Family
        
Trochilidae
      
      
        Genus
        
Selasphorus
      
      
        Species
        
platycercus
      
      
        Conservation Status
        
Least Concern
      
      
        Location Photographed
        
Broad Tailed Humminbird Colorado, Co
        
      
      
        Number of Sub-Species
        
0
      
      
        Migratory or Resident
        
Migratory for those in the northern range.
      
      
        Preferred Habitat
        
Pine and oak woodlands and breeds in subalpine meadows, foothills, montane vlleys.
      
      
        Distribution and Range
        
Western Canada and US south to Mexico and Guatemala.
      
      
        Food
        
Feed on nectar from flowers and catch insects on the wing