Black-Chinned Hummingbird (Male)

  • Scientific Name: Archilochus Alexandri
  • Common Name: Black-Chinned Hummingbird (Male)
  • Diet: insects, spiders, nectar
  • Color: green
  • Size: 3.75 inches
  • Active Period: Spring-Summer
  • Habitat: widespread
  • Field Identification: black chin with violet edging, white collar, chest and belly, spreads and pumps tail while hovering, long bill
  • Nest: cup
  • Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  • Genus: Archilochus
  • Family: Trochilidae (hummingbirds)
  • Order: Apodiformes
  • Phylum: Chordata (hollow nerve cord)
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata (backbone)
  • Species: alexandri