Black-chinned Hummingbird Images, Facts and Information:
Archilochus alexandri
- Black-chinned Hummingbirds are medium sized hummingbirds with slightly decurved bills. Male Black-chinned Hummingbirds have iridescent violet gorgets, metallic green backs, grayish underparts with white breasts and greenish flanks, their heads appear black overall unless the sun lights up the gorget. Female Black-chinned Hummingbirds are slightly larger than the males, they have green backs, grayish throats with dark spots, their tails are dark green with white corners.
- Black-chinned Hummingbirds are migratory. During the breeding season they can be found from southern British Columbia in Canada south across the U.S. western states to Mexico and Texas. They winter in western coastal Mexico and along the Gulf coast.
- Black-chinned Hummingbirds can be found in habitats that include mountain and alpine meadows, thickets in canyons, woodlands, orchards, and backyard gardens near feeders.
- Black-chinned Hummingbirds feed on floral nectar, pollen and small insects.
- Black-chinned Hummingbirds lay 1 to 3 eggs which hatch in 13 to 16 days. The female incubates and they are polygamous.
- A group of hummingbirds can be called a “tune”, “hover”, “shimmer”, or a “bouquet” of hummingbirds.
- The oldest known Black-chinned Hummingbird was a female who was over 11 years old when she was recaptured in Texas.
I hope you enjoy viewing my Black-chinned Hummingbird photos.
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird taking off from a honeysuckle
Title: Female Black-chinned Hummingbird taking off from a honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2022
Black-chinned Hummingbird female hovering by a honeysuckle flower
Title: Black-chinned Hummingbird female hovering by a honeysuckle flower
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2022
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird at a Black Twinberry Honeysuckle flower bud
Title: Female Black-chinned Hummingbird at a Black Twinberry Honeysuckle flower bud
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2022
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Spring adult female Black-chinned Hummingbird
Title: Spring adult female Black-chinned Hummingbird
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2022
Adult female Black-chinned Hummingbird poking a honeysuckle
Title: Adult female Black-chinned Hummingbird poking a honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2022
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird hovering by a honeysuckle
Title: Female Black-chinned Hummingbird hovering by a honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2022
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird in bright morning light
Title: Female Black-chinned Hummingbird in bright morning light
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/18/2022
Male Black-chinned Hummingbird in the Wasatch Mountains
Title: Male Black-chinned Hummingbird in the Wasatch Mountains
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2021
Adult male Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on top of a willow
Title: Adult male Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on top of a willow
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/18/2021
Adult female Black-chinned Hummingbird hovering and showing her tongue
Title: Adult female Black-chinned Hummingbird hovering and showing her tongue
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/27/2021
Adult female Black-chinned Hummingbird with stuff falling off of her bill
Title: Adult female Black-chinned Hummingbird with stuff falling off of her bill
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/27/2021
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird with her head in a knothole
Title: Female Black-chinned Hummingbird with her head in a knothole
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/27/2021
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird with her bill in a knothole
Title: Female Black-chinned Hummingbird with her bill in a knothole
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/27/2021
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird checking out a knothole
Title: Female Black-chinned Hummingbird checking out a knothole
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/27/2021
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird hovering at a knothole
Title: Female Black-chinned Hummingbird hovering at a knothole
Location: West Desert, Tooele County, Utah
Date: 5/27/2021
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird resting in willows
Title: Female Black-chinned Hummingbird resting in willows
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2021
Adult female Black-chinned Hummingbird feeding on Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Title: Adult female Black-chinned Hummingbird feeding on Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2021
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird hovering by honeysuckle
Title: Female Black-chinned Hummingbird hovering by honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 5/25/2021
Female Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on a thin branch
Title: Female Black-chinned Hummingbird perched on a thin branch
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/2/2020
Male Black-chinned Hummingbird feeding on the nectar of blooming Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Title: Male Black-chinned Hummingbird feeding on the nectar of blooming Black Twinberry Honeysuckle
Location: Wasatch Mountains, Summit County, Utah
Date: 6/11/2019
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