Wildlife

Broad-tailed hummingbird

Selasphorus platycercus
Habitat
Hungry Creek, Lolo Trail
Conservation
Secure

Lewis mistook western hummingbirds for the eastern species. The broad-tailed is one possibility of four western species.

Journal References

1 journal entry mentions Broad-tailed hummingbird

Apr 5 1806
Lewis: April 5, 1806
... sun with Circumferenter and Sextant. Saw the Log cock, the hummingbird, gees ducks &c today. the tick has made it's appearance it is the same with those of the Atlantic ...

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