Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri)

Other Names (World)
Black-chinned Hummingbird, Purple-throated Hummingbird

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8.50 - 9.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland forest, temperat forest. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Canada, Mexico, USA (B).

South-western Canada (British Columbia) south through western USA (east to eastern Texas) to northern Mexico (northern Baja California, north-eastern Sonora to north-western Tamaulipas). Winters in western and south-central Mexico (southern Sonora to northern Guerrero and western Veracruz).

Population
Estimated population is 2,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (45)...)

Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) [XC474121]
by Carlos Gonzalez from Madera Reserve, Green Valley, Pima County, Arizona, United States (call)

Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) [XC132352]
by Richard E. Webster from Portal, Arizona, United States (call, display dive, shuttle display)

Subspecies
Genus sometimes merged into Mellisuga. Alternatively linked with Selasphorus. On occasion, considered to form a superspecies with Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) and some authors would also include Costa's Hummingbird (Calypte costae). "Trochilus violajugulum" is probably a hybrid with Anna's Hummingbird (Calypte anna).

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

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