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The black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) is a hummingbird occupying a broad range of habitats. [3] Its summer range is in the western United States and southwestern Canada. It is migratory, wintering as far south as Mexico. In sunlight, the gorget of iridescent purple feathers bordering its black chin is noticeable.
Ruby-throated hummingbird. Order: Apodiformes Family: Trochilidae. Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings. They are the only birds that can fly backward
The genus Archilochus was introduced in 1854 by the German naturalist Ludwig Reichenbach with the black-chinned hummingbird as the type species. [1] [2] The name Archilochus is that of a Greek lyric poet from the island of Paros who lived around 650 BC. [3] Two species are placed in the genus. [4]
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Although most hummingbird species live in remote habitats where their population numbers are difficult to assess, population studies in the United States and Canada indicate that the ruby-throated hummingbird numbers are around 34 million, rufous hummingbirds are around 19 million, black-chinned, Anna's, and broad-tailed hummingbirds are about ...
The specimens were the hybrid offspring of an Anna's hummingbird and an Allen's hummingbird. A single bird collected in Santa Barbara, California, was described and named Trochilus violajugulum (Jeffries, 1888), or violet-throated hummingbird. [32] It was later determined to be a hybrid between an Anna's hummingbird and a black-chinned hummingbird.