Black-chinned Hummingbird

Taxobox
name = Black-chinned Hummingbird
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1

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image_width = 256px
image_caption = Male

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image2_width = 256px
image2_caption = Female
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Trochiliformes
familia = Trochilidae
genus = "Archilochus"
species = "A. alexandri"
binomial = "Archilochus alexandri"
binomial_authority = (Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)

The Black-chinned Hummingbird ("Archilochus alexandri") is a small hummingbird.

Adults are metallic green above and white below with green flanks. Their bill is long, straight and very slender. The adult male has a black face and chin, a glossy purple throat band and a dark forked tail. The female has a dark rounded tail with white tips and no throat patch; they are similar to female Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.

Their breeding habitat is open semi-arid areas near water in the western United States, northern Mexico and southern British Columbia. The female builds a well-camouflaged nest in a protected location in a shrub or tree using plant fibre, spider webs and lichens.

They are migratory and spend most of the winter in Mexico.

These birds feed on nectar from flowers using a long extendable tongue or catch insects on the wing. While collecting nectar, they also assist in plant pollination.

Because of their small size, they are vulnerable to insect-eating birds and animals. This bird is fairly common in its breeding range.

A hybrid between this species and Anna's Hummingbird was called "Trochilus" violajugulum". The Black-chinned Hummingbird is also known to hybridize with Costa's Hummingbird.The Black Chinned humming bird is 3 1/4 inches long.

References

External links

* [http://www.sdakotabirds.com/species_photos/black_chinned_hummingbird.htm Black-chinned Hummingbird Photographs] South Dakota Birds and Birding
*Video ( [http://blip.tv/file/get/Edelweisswerks-hummingbirdHoversAndFeedsWmv602.wmv .wmv] ) ( [http://blip.tv/file/get/Edelweisswerks-hummingbirdHoversAndFeedsMp4IPod423.mp4 .mp4 - iPod] ) Hummingbird hovers and feeds. Licensed under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike] . Stored at blip.tv
* [http://blip.tv/file/get/Edelweisswerks-hummingbirdRawTape2Scene0002Video01851.wmv Video (.wmv) Hummingbird shaping a nest] . Licensed under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike] . Stored at blip.tv
* [http://blip.tv/file/get/Edelweisswerks-hummingbirdRawTape2Scene0004Video01971.wmv Video (.wmv) Hummingbird adding spider's web to nest] . Licensed under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike] . Stored at blip.tv
* [http://blip.tv/file/get/Edelweisswerks-hummingbirdRawTape2Scene0015Video01318.wmv Video (.wmv) Hummingbird adding downy seed to nest] . Licensed under [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike] . Stored at blip.tv
* [http://ibc.hbw.com/ibc/phtml/especie.phtml?idEspecie=3285 Black-chinned Hummingbird videos] on the Internet Bird Collection