Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) - HBW 5, p. 672
French: Colibri à gorge noire
German: Schwarzkinnkolibri
Spanish: Colibrí Gorginegro
Other common names: Purple-throated Hummingbird
Taxonomy: Trochilus Alexandri Bourcier and Mulsant, 1846, Sierra Madre Occidental, Mexico.
Genus sometimes merged into Mellisuga; alternatively linked with Selasphorus. On occasion, considered to form a superspecies with A. colubris; some authors would also include Calypte costae. “Trochilus violajugulum” is probably a hybrid of present species with Calypte anna. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW Canada (British Columbia) S through W USA (E to E Texas) to N Mexico (N Baja California, NE Sonora to NW Tamaulipas). Winters in W & SC Mexico (S Sonora to N Guerrero and W Veracruz).
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An adult bird flying and feeding Locality Ventura County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Don DesJardin 30 April 2003 4 years ago 16 sec 4.8 -
A male feeding at a feeder Locality Kern County, California, USA (United States) (Monotypic species)
Paul Clarke 23 June 2001 4 years ago 13 sec 4.4 -
A female landing on the nest, incubating, preening and flying away. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Yanayacu Biological Station 10 May 2007 3 years ago 26 sec 4 -
A female arriving to the nest and flying away after two and a half minutes of incubation. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Yanayacu Biological Station 10 May 2007 3 years ago 27 sec 3.5 -
A female preening while incubating and changing its position on the nest. Locality Yanayacu Biological Station, Napo Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Yanayacu Biological Station 10 May 2007 3 years ago 31 sec 3
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Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri), adult, male
Locality Sweetwater Wetlands Park, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Kilian Wasmer 24 April 2011 17 weeks ago 4.5 -
A male on a feeder at Beatty's Guest Ranch
Locality Miller Canyon, Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 5 August 2007 2 years ago 4 -
Male in Tree Tobacco
Locality Riverside County, California, USA (United States)
Conan Guard 1 May 2008 3 years ago 3.8 -
Female at feeder, Sunny Flat Campground.
Locality Cave Creek Canyon, Chiricahua Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona, USA (United States)
Dave Rintoul 27 May 2008 47 weeks ago 3.8 -
male bird photographed near feeders at Kubo B&B
Locality Madera Canyon, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, USA (United States)
Tom Moxley 30 April 2011 1 year ago 3.8 -
Female at feeder with tail flared
Locality Andrews, Andrews County, Texas, USA (United States)
Erik Breden 2 July 2008 2 years ago 3.7
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