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BIRD FACTS
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Description
The Black-chinned Hummingbird is a small hummingbird. It is metallic green above with green sides, and white underside. The bill is long, thin and straight. Males have a black face and chin, purple throat band and a dark forked tail. The female has no throat patch and a dark rounded tail with white tips. Females are similar to the female Ruby-throated Hummingbirds.
Size
length about 8.25cm
Environment
semi-arid areas near water
Food
uses its long tongue to feed on nectar from flowers They also catch insects on the wing.
Breeding
The female builds a nest in a shrub or tree using plant fiber, spider webs and lichens.
Range
western United States, northern Mexico and southern British Columbia. They migrate to Mexico in winter.
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Apodiformes | | Family: | Trochilidae | | Genus: | Archilochus | | Species: | alexandri | | Common Name: | Black-chinned Hummingbird |
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