Black-chinned Hummingbird

Archilochus alexandri Order: APODIFORMES Family: Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Black-chinned Hummingbird Head Illustration_2

Head

  • Bill Shape: Needle
  • Eye Color: Dark brown to black.
  • Head Pattern: Eyeline, Plain, Special (unique patterns or features)
  • Crown Color: Green
  • Forehead Color: Green
  • Nape Color: Green
  • Throat Color: Black
  • Cere color: No Data
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Black-chinned Hummingbird: Male

Body

  • Length Range: 9-10 cm (3.5-3.75 in)
  • Weight: 3 g (0.1 oz)
  • Size: Size 1. Very Small (3 - 5 in)
  • Color: Green, Purple or Violet, White, Black
  • Underparts: White with green sides.
  • Upperparts: Green
  • Back Pattern: Solid
  • Belly Pattern: Solid
  • Breast Pattern: Solid
Black-chinned Hummingbird Flight Illustration_2

Flight

  • Flight Pattern: Swift strong direct flight., Can fly backward.
  • Wingspan Range: 10-13 cm (4-5 in)
  • Wing Shape: Pointed-Wings
  • Tail Shape: Forked Tail
  • Tail Pattern: Solid
  • Upper Tail: Green with black outer feathers.
  • Under Tail: Black
  • Leg Color: Black
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Family Hummingbird (Trochilidae)_blue
Species Archilochus alexandri
Length3.5 - 3.75 Inches
Wingspan4.5 Inches

Black-chinned Hummingbird

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.

● Song: "teew-teew-twee", " tchew-tchew-twhew"

● Foraging & 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.

● Breeding & 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.

● 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.

Flight Pattern

Swift strong direct flight., Can fly backward.
Black-chinned Hummingbird: Male
● Range & 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.
BreedingPolygamous, Solitary nester
Population
MigrationMigratory
Weight0.1 Ounces