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title: "Broad-tailed Hummingbird"
description: "Selasphorus platycercus — Vogels. The broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) is a medium-sized hummingbird species found in highland regions from western United States and Western Canada to Mexico and Guatemala."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/broad-tailed-hummingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Broad-tailed Hummingbird

> Selasphorus platycercus — Vogels. The broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) is a medium-sized hummingbird species found in highland regions from western United States and Western Canada to Mexico and Guatemala.

- Scientific name: *Selasphorus platycercus*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `mountains` (Bergen)
- iNaturalist observations: 13492
- Wikidata: [Q906880](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q906880)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6369](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6369)

## Names

- en: Broad-tailed Hummingbird
- de: Dreifarbenkolibri
- es: Zumbador cola ancha
- fr: Colibri à queue large
- pl: Rudaczek szerokosterny

## Countries with the most observations

US (9236), MX (874), GT (6)

## Summary

The broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) is a medium-sized hummingbird species found in highland regions from western United States and Western Canada to Mexico and Guatemala.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broad-tailed_hummingbird

## Photo

![Broad-tailed Hummingbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/broad-tailed-hummingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Sinaloa Silvestre · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/190245525

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/broad-tailed-hummingbird?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).