![]() ![]() Call: a slightly metallic, sharpish chip or chik, often doubled, ch-chip or chi-tik, and at times repeated steadily from perch. Generally higher pitched than rufous/Allen’s. Also see female and immature calliope hummingbird. Rufous/Allen’s typically have a whiter forecollar contrasting with brighter rufous sides, and lack the whitish eye ring often shown by the broad-tailed their uppertail coverts and tail base have more rufous (adult female rufous can be all-green) and their chip calls are slightly lower pitched. Immature Female: Resembles adult female, but upperparts fresher in fall, with fine buff tips tail averages less rufous at base.įemale/immature rufous/Allen’s hummingbirds are slightly smaller and slimmer in build (noticeable in comparison) with more strongly graduated tails that have a more tapered tip. Complete molt in winter and spring produces plumage like adult male. Immature male: resembles adult female but upperparts fresher in fall, with fine buff tips throat usually flecked fairly heavily with bronzy green, often with rose-pink spots tail averages more rufous at base. Adult female: throat whitish with variable lines of bronzy-green flecks, sometimes 1 or more rose spots sides of neck and underparts variably washed cinnamon. Adult male: rose-red gorget with pale chin and face. Like many “western” hummingbirds, the broad-tailed is increasingly found in late fall and winter in the southeast. A common species of western mountains, where the male’s diagnostic, cricketlike wing trill is a characteristic sound. ![]()
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