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Selasphorus platycercus
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Selasphorus platycercus

Alternate Title(s)
  • Broad-tailed hummingbird
Artist/Maker John Gould United Kingdom, 1804 - 1881
Artist/Maker Henry Constantine Richter United Kingdom, 1821 - 1902
Datec. 1861
Mediumcolor lithograph
Dimensionsframe: 32 x 24 1/4 in. (81.3 x 61.6 cm) image: 20 7/8 x 13 3/4 in. (53 x 34.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of John R. Moore, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberW2016.031.037
ClassificationsPrint
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DescriptionThree hummingbirds. female is seated upper right while a male displays his red chin and another one flies below her.