Tail feathers grow from the bird’s tail or structures that are part of the tail. So finding birds who have long tails required some care. Plus, not only did the feathers have to originate from ...

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.

A hummingbird moth can easily be mistaken for a hummingbird because it looks and acts similar. Learn what makes these sphinx ...

Tail slightly rounded to double-rounded ... without dusky throat spotting. See black-chinned hummingbird.