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broad-tailed hummingbirds

Common names: Broad-tailed hummingbird, broad-tailed hummingbird, broad-tailed hummingbirds

Taxonomy: Animalia

Roles: study subject, habitat component

Synonyms: broad-tailed hummingbird

External: iNaturalist · iDigBio · GenBank

Papers: 73 | Mentions: 106

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 76 entities)

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Publications (73)

student_paper

A nectar-inhabiting bacterium may not influence female fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

2025Role: text_match

article

Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

2025EvolutionRole: text_match

student_paper

Observing the effects of a nectar-inhabiting bacterium, Pantoea sp., and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

The impact of soil moisture, nectar production, and spectral reflectance on hummingbird visitation patterns to the Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

Visitors to Red-Naped Sapsucker sap wells and the effectiveness of artificial wells

2025Role: text_match

student_paper

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Documents (4)

technical report

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Hummingbird

78 shared papers

Selasphorus platycercus

Trochilidae75 shared papers

Selasphorus rufus

Trochilidae34 shared papers

Delphinium

Ranunculaceae33 shared papers

Ipomopsis

Polemoniaceae30 shared papers

Bombus

Apidae29 shared papers

I. aggregata

28 shared papers

Ipomopsis aggregata

Polemoniaceae28 shared papers

Bombus appositus

Apidae25 shared papers

Bombus terrestris

Apidae25 shared papers

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

2024Role: text_match

student_paper

Climate disruption on avian species and communities in the southern Rocky Mountains

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of Daily Temperature Changes on Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Foraging Patterns

2023Role: text_match

student_paper

Assessing the Impact that the Keystone Species, the Red Naped Sapsucker ( Sphyrapicus nuchalis ), has on the Community of Species in the East River

2022Role: text_match

article

Climate change and phenology

2022WIREs Climate ChangeRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effect of Snowmelt Timing on Pollinator Visitation to Subalpine Wildflowers

2022Role: text_match

article

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

2021Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and SystematicsRole: text_match

student_paper

Investigating the relationship between Bombus appositus abundance and its overlap with key floral resources

2021Role: text_match

article

Open-top warming chambers reduce animal pollination of two subalpine herbs

2021Journal of Pollination EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

The influence of human recreational trail use has on rodent and predator activity using motion triggered cameras

2021Role: text_match

article

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

2020Annals of the New York Academy of SciencesRole: text_match

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Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

2020Proceedings of the National Academy of SciencesRole: text_match

chapter

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

Effects of pond permanence on avian behaviors

2019Role: text_match

thesis

How vulnerable are pollen-specialist solitary bees to temperature-mediated shifts in the timing of food availability?

2019Role: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Exclusion Bags and Open-Top Chambers on Pollinator Activity

2019Student paperRole: text_match

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Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

2018The American NaturalistRole: text_match

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Synchronization of speed, sound and iridescent color in a hummingbird aerial courtship dive

2018Nature CommunicationsRole: text_match

student_paper

The Effects of Declining Aspen Forest Health on Rocky Mountain Birds

2018Role: text_match

article

Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

2017International Journal of Plant SciencesRole: text_match

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Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

2017Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

article

Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant-pollinator networks

2017Ecology LettersRole: text_match

student_paper

Variation in bill morphology and pollen prevalence in the Broad-Tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus)

2017Role: text_match

article

Effects of proximity to riparian zones on avian species richness and abundance in montane aspen woodlands.

2015Journal of Field OrnithologyRole: text_match

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Changes in ant community composition caused by 20 years of experimental warming vs.13 years of natural climate shift

2014EcosphereRole: text_match

student_paper

Correlating road dust with reproduction of Ipomopsis aggregate.

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

Frost Sensitivity of Subalpine Plants in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: The Effects of Seasonality, Water Content, and Phylogeny

2014Role: text_match

student_paper

The Impact of Primary and Secondary Robbing on Hummingbird Pollination.

2014Role: text_match

article

Flowering date of taxonomic families predicts phenological sensitivity to temperature: Implications for forecasting the effects of climate change on unstudied taxa

2013American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

2012EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

How do riparian songbirds (Passerines) coexist? Effects of vegetative structural complexity on habitat selection in willow (Salix spp.)

2012Role: text_match

article

Emergence of a mid-season period of low floral resources in a montane meadow ecosystem associated with climate change

2011Journal of EcologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Impacts of climate disruption on avian species in the southern Rocky Mountains: a retroanalysis of the Gothic breeding bird survey and pilot point count surveys at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory weather stations

2011Role: text_match

student_paper

The effects of phenology on Delphinium nuttallianum

2011Role: text_match

article

Changes in snowmelt date and summer precipitation affect the flowering phenology of Erythronium grandiflorum (Glacier Lily; Liliaceae)

2010American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

student_paper

Effects of nectar robbing on pollen deposition and hummingbird-pollinator behavior in Ipomopsis aggregata

2009Role: text_match

thesis

Studies on the ecology of avian malaria in an alpine ecosystem

2009Role: text_match

student_paper

Does road dust affect reproduction of Delphinium nelsonii and Ipomopsis aggregata

2008Role: text_match

article

Interactions between nectar robbers and seed predators mediated by a shared host plant, Ipomopsis aggregata

2008OecologiaRole: text_match

article

Pollinator shifts and the origin and loss of plant species

2008Annals of the Missouri Botanical GardenRole: text_match

student_paper

Pollinator-mediate selection in Ipomopsis aggregata: does correlational selection explain floral phenotypes?

2008Role: text_match

article

Predicting the effects of nectar robbing on plant reproduction: implications of pollen limitation and plant mating system

2007American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

thesis

Floral larceny: Implications, resistance, and the potential for tolerance

2006Role: text_match

article

Resource value affects territorial defense by Broad-tailed and Rufous hummingbirds

2006Journal of Field OrnithologyRole: text_match

student_paper

Nectar robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata: does high nectar production confer tolerance?

2005Role: text_match

student_paper

the influence of red-naped sapsuckers on willow bird communities

2005Role: text_match

student_paper

Red-naped Sapsucker nest tree selection and effects on the willow breeding bird community

2004Role: text_match

article

Changes in flowering and abundance of Delphinium nuttallianum (Ranunculaceae) in response to a subalpine climate warming experiment

2003Global Change BiologyRole: text_match

article

Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt

2003American Journal of BotanyRole: text_match

article

Quality of food source affects female visitation and display rates of male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds

2003CondorRole: text_match

article

Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

2002American NaturalistRole: text_match

article

Consequences of nectar robbing for realized male function in a hummingbird-pollinated plant

2000EcologyRole: text_match

article

Nectar Robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata: Effects on Pollinator Behavior and Plant Fitness

1998OecologiaRole: text_match

student_paper

Foraging site preferences of rufous and broad-tailed hummingbirds

1994Role: text_match

article

When do hummingbirds use torpor in nature?

1994Physiological ZoologyRole: text_match

article

The effect of floral abundance on feeder censuses of hummingbird populations

1991CondorRole: text_match

student_paper

Changes in broad-tailed hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) behavior after rufous hummingbird (S. rufous) migration through the Gothic Area, Gunnison County, Colorado

1987Role: text_match

article

Roles of the wing whistle in the territorial behaviour of male broadtailed hummingbirds (Selasphorus platycercus)

1983Animal BehaviourRole: text_match

student_paper

Interactions of rufous hummingbirds (Selasphorus rufus) and broad-tailed hummingbirds (Selasphorus platycercus)

1982Role: text_match

student_paper

A behavioral study of male territoriality of broad-tailed hummingbirds (Selasphorus platycercus)

1980Role: text_match

article

Implications of recaptures of broad-tailed hummingbirds banded in Colorado

1977AukRole: text_match

article

Implications of recaptures of broad-tailed hummingbirds banded in Colorado

1977AukRole: text_match

article

Food supply and nest timing of broad-tailed hummingbirds in the Rocky Mountains

1976CondorRole: text_match

student_paper

A project on a female broad-tailed hummingbird exhibiting territorial defence and coexistence with a different species, robins through habituation

1975Role: text_match

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The Timing of maternal behavior of the broad-tailed hummingbird preceding nest failure

1973Wilson BulletinRole: text_match

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Piracy of nesting materials from and by the broadtailed hummingbird

1972CondorRole: text_match

broad-tailed hummingbirds

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 76 entities)

Publications (73)

A nectar-inhabiting bacterium may not influence female fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Herbivory and water availability interact to shape the adaptive landscape in the perennial forb, Boechera stricta

Observing the effects of a nectar-inhabiting bacterium, Pantoea sp., and nectar robbing on male fitness in Ipomopsis aggregata

Picky eater? How different environmental factors affect broad-tailed hummingbirds’ (Selasphorus platycercus) foraging patterns in the Rocky Mountains

The impact of soil moisture, nectar production, and spectral reflectance on hummingbird visitation patterns to the Scarlet Gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata)

Visitors to Red-Naped Sapsucker sap wells and the effectiveness of artificial wells

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad-tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

Documents (4)

Biologically Significant Areas in Gunnison County Colorado

Sheep Grazing above Timberline in the San Juan National Forest

Sierra the Sierra Club Bulletin

Vegetation and Wildlife Studies for the Mount Emmons Project

Co-occurring Species

Hummingbird

Selasphorus platycercus

Selasphorus rufus

Delphinium

Ipomopsis

Bombus

I. aggregata

Ipomopsis aggregata

Bombus appositus

Bombus terrestris

The Impact of Delphinium nuttallianum and Ipomopsis aggregata Phenology on Broad tailed Hummingbird (Selasphorus platycercus) Visitation Patterns

Climate disruption on avian species and communities in the southern Rocky Mountains

Effects of Daily Temperature Changes on Broad-Tailed Hummingbird Foraging Patterns

Assessing the Impact that the Keystone Species, the Red Naped Sapsucker (<i> Sphyrapicus nuchalis </i>), has on the Community of Species in the East River

Climate change and phenology

The Effect of Snowmelt Timing on Pollinator Visitation to Subalpine Wildflowers

Demographic Consequences of Phenological Shifts in Response to Climate Change

Investigating the relationship between <i> Bombus appositus </i> abundance and its overlap with key floral resources

Open-top warming chambers reduce animal pollination of two subalpine herbs

The influence of human recreational trail use has on rodent and predator activity using motion triggered cameras

Effects of climate change on alpine plants and their pollinators

Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors

Effects of Climate Change on Birds

Effects of pond permanence on avian behaviors

How vulnerable are pollen-specialist solitary bees to temperature-mediated shifts in the timing of food availability?

The Effects of Exclusion Bags and Open-Top Chambers on Pollinator Activity

Atypical flowers can be as profitable as typical hummingbird flowers

Synchronization of speed, sound and iridescent color in a hummingbird aerial courtship dive

The Effects of Declining Aspen Forest Health on Rocky Mountain Birds

Effects of road dust on the pollination and reproduction of wildflowers

Facilitated exploitation of pollination mutualisms: fitness consequences for plants

Interaction rewiring and the rapid turnover of plant-pollinator networks

Variation in bill morphology and pollen prevalence in the Broad-Tailed Hummingbird (<i>Selasphorus platycercus</i>)

Effects of proximity to riparian zones on avian species richness and abundance in montane aspen woodlands.

Changes in ant community composition caused by 20 years of experimental warming vs.13 years of natural climate shift

Correlating road dust with reproduction of Ipomopsis aggregate.

Frost Sensitivity of Subalpine Plants in the Colorado Rocky Mountains: The Effects of Seasonality, Water Content, and Phylogeny

The Impact of Primary and Secondary Robbing on Hummingbird Pollination.

Flowering date of taxonomic families predicts phenological sensitivity to temperature: Implications for forecasting the effects of climate change on unstudied taxa

Asynchronous changes in phenology of migrating Broad-tailed Hummingbirds and their early season nectar resources

How do riparian songbirds (Passerines) coexist? Effects of vegetative structural complexity on habitat selection in willow (<i>Salix</i> spp.)

Emergence of a mid-season period of low floral resources in a montane meadow ecosystem associated with climate change

Impacts of climate disruption on avian species in the southern Rocky Mountains: a retroanalysis of the Gothic breeding bird survey and pilot point count surveys at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory weather stations

The effects of phenology on <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i>

Changes in snowmelt date and summer precipitation affect the flowering phenology of <i>Erythronium grandiflorum</i> (Glacier Lily; Liliaceae)

Effects of nectar robbing on pollen deposition and hummingbird-pollinator behavior in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

Studies on the ecology of avian malaria in an alpine ecosystem

Does road dust affect reproduction of <i>Delphinium nelsonii</i> and <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

Interactions between nectar robbers and seed predators mediated by a shared host plant, <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>

Pollinator shifts and the origin and loss of plant species

Pollinator-mediate selection in Ipomopsis aggregata: does correlational selection explain floral phenotypes?

Predicting the effects of nectar robbing on plant reproduction: implications of pollen limitation and plant mating system

Floral larceny: Implications, resistance, and the potential for tolerance

Resource value affects territorial defense by Broad-tailed and Rufous hummingbirds

Nectar robbing in Ipomopsis aggregata: does high nectar production confer tolerance?

the influence of red-naped sapsuckers on willow bird communities

Red-naped Sapsucker nest tree selection and effects on the willow breeding bird community

Changes in flowering and abundance of <i>Delphinium nuttallianum</i> (Ranunculaceae) in response to a subalpine climate warming experiment

Linking pollinator visitation rate and pollen receipt

Quality of food source affects female visitation and display rates of male Broad-tailed Hummingbirds

Predicting patterns of mating and potential hybridization from pollinator behavior

Consequences of nectar robbing for realized male function in a hummingbird-pollinated plant

Nectar Robbing in <i>Ipomopsis aggregata</i>: Effects on Pollinator Behavior and Plant Fitness

Foraging site preferences of rufous and broad-tailed hummingbirds