becausebirds: Allen’s Humming Bird because…birds! Haha. Okay,…
Allen’s Humming Bird
because…birds!
Haha. Okay, see, the picture is funny because the Allen’s Hummingbird is super similar to the Rufous Hummingbird. But one of the few reliable ways to tell them apart is that the Rufous has a distinct notch in the outer edge of the not-the-middle-but-next-to-the-middle pair of tail feathers. It’s normally considered a really iffy field mark, though, unless you’re banding and actually have the bird in your hand, because it’s so hard to see.
But in this case, yeah, Allen’s all the way.
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