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Allen's Hummingbird stretching image.

Photograph of a male Allen's Hummingbird stretching wings and tail.

 

Allen's Hummingbird, Selasphorus sasin is a small hummingbird that breeds along the coast of California and winters in Central America. A small subpopulation lives year round in Southern California. The male is pictured here with his distinctive iridescent scarlet gorget. Also seen is the bronze green head, cinnamon-rufous sides of face and chest and white central chest.

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Uploaded on April 7, 2010
Taken on April 6, 2010