Like many “western” hummingbirds, the broad-tailed is increasingly found in late fall and winter in the southeast. Polytypic (2 ssp.; nominate in North America). Length 3.5–4"; bill 16–20 mm.

Of the 366 species and 112 genera of hummingbirds living in the western hemisphere, fewer than two dozen types migrate to the ...

For example, rising temperatures may force broad-tailed hummingbirds into altitudes beyond Mesa Verde’s highest elevations (topping out at 8,640 feet), crowding them into a smaller land area and ...

a couple of young male Anna’s hummingbirds, donning their spangly rosy cowls before they departed; a young male broad-tailed hummingbird, whose rosy-red throat feathers grew in over the winter ...