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Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri
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About the Black-chinned Hummingbird
The black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) is a hummingbird occupying a broad range of habitats from deserts to mountain forests and urban areas in the western United States, southern British Columbia, and Mexico. It is migratory, wintering as far south as Mexico. In sunlight, an iridescent purple gorget forming a ring below the black chin feathers is a male characteristic. When in flight and hovering, its wings make a low-pitched humming sound.
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Classification
- Scientific name
- Archilochus alexandri
- Family
- Hummingbirds
- Order
- Apodiformes
Similar species
Other members of the hummingbirds family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Amethyst-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis amethystinus
- Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna
- Azure-crowned Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanocephala
- Bahama Woodstar Nesophlox evelynae
- Beautiful Hummingbird Calothorax pulcher
- Berylline Hummingbird Saucerottia beryllina
- Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
- Blue-capped Hummingbird Eupherusa cyanophrys
- Blue-tailed Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanura
- Blue-throated Goldentail Chlorestes eliciae
- Blue-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis clemenciae
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