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has no elongated ruffs as in Costa and Calliope and the top of the head is the same 
color as the back. (For females see Comparisons under Hummingbirds, p. 353). 
Range. Breeds mainly in Canadian Zone in mountains from southeastern 
Oregon, southern Idaho, and southern Montana south to Vera Cruz, Puebla, Valley 
From Biological Survey 
Fig. 63. Broad-tailed Hummingbird Twins 
In their cozy lichen-covered nest behind our tent 
of Mexico, and west to western Nevada; winters in Mexico from the States of 
Jalisco, Colima, and Mexico south to Guatemala. 
State Records. Judged by the numbers of records, the Broad-tailed is the most 
common and widely dispersed breeding hummingbird in New Mexico. During the 
breeding season it seems to be mainly confined to the mountains. [It was seen in the 
Animas Mountains, May 7 and 8, 1920 (Ligon) ]; and recorded from about 6,000 feet 
at Bernal (Bailey); Silver City (Marsh); [6,300 feet on Chloride Creek in the Black 
Range, 1920 (Ligon) ]; 7,000 feet at Pecos (Bailey); [7,500 feet- 45 miles northwest of 
