Black-chinned Hummingbird

Archilochus alexandri

Black-chinned Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird Black-chinned Hummingbird
OrderApodiformes
FamilyTrochilidae
Habitatcanyons, streamsides, towns, and feeders
Seasonspring and summer breeder
LocationTexas
Size~3.75 in / 9 cm
Dietnectar and small insects
ConservationLeast Concern
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About the Black-chinned Hummingbird

The common breeding hummingbird across much of Texas, the male showing a black throat edged with a thin band of violet that only fires in the right light. It is a familiar sight at Hill Country feeders from spring through late summer, hovering with that steady, deliberate wingbeat before darting off.

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