Breeding Location:
Grassland with scattered trees, Streams, upland, Scrub vegetation areas
Breeding Type:
Polygamous, Solitary nester
Breeding Population:
Egg Color:
White
Number of Eggs:
1 - 3
Incubation Days:
13 - 16
Egg Incubator:
Female
Nest Material:
Plant down and spider's silk.
Migration:
Migratory
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Overview
Black-chinned Hummingbird: Medium hummingbird with metallic green upperparts, gray underparts, white breast, green-washed flanks. Head appears black overall with white spot behind eye; cap is very dark green. Throat is iridescent violet; bill is long and slightly decurved. Forked tail is dark green with black outer tail feathers.
Range and Habitat
Black-chinned Hummingbird: Breeds from British Columbia south to Mexico and central Texas. Spends winters in Mexico. Preferred habitats include mountain and alpine meadows, woodlands, canyons with thickets, chaparral, and orchards.
Breeding and Nesting
Black-chinned Hummingbird: One to three white eggs are laid in a nest made of fluffy plant wool and lichens woven together with spider webs and built in a shrub or low tree. Incubation ranges from 13 to 16 days and is carried out by the female.
Foraging and Feeding
Black-chinned Hummingbird: Diet consists of nectar, pollen, insects, and sugar water from feeders; prefers nectar from flowers of tree tobacco, scarlet larkspur, and desert ocotillo.
Readily Eats
Sugar Water, Commercial instant nectars
Vocalization
Black-chinned Hummingbird: Song is a repetitive "teew" or "tchew." When defending feeding territory or giving chase, combines the "eew" note with high-pitched twitters and squeaks.
Similar Species
Black-chinned Hummingbird: Ruby-throated Hummingbird has red throat, shorter bill, greener crown, buff wash on sides, and a different voice. Costa's Hummingbird is smaller and has grayer upperparts and whiter underparts.
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