Captive Black-chinned Hummingbird, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum,
Tucson, Arizona, 8/06.
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Male Black-chinned Hummingbird giving us a glimpse of its purple
iridescent gorget, Durango, Colorado, 7/05. |
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Male Black-chinned Hummingbird, Durango, Colorado, 7/05. |
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Female Black-chinned Hummingbird, Durango, Colorado, 7/05. |
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Female Black-chinned Hummingbird, Durango, Colorado, 7/05. |
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Male Black-chinned Hummingbird, Patton's place, Patagonia, Arizona,
3/03. |
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Male Black-chinned Hummingbirds, Archuleta County,
Colorado. |
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Male Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archuleta County, Colorado.
(Compare with male Ruby-throated
Hummingbird.) |
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Male Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archuleta County, Colorado.
Note that the dark throat (gorget) appears to reach all of the way to
the eye. The purple color isn't always visible, and this is an easy
way to sort out male Black-chinned Hummingbirds from Broad-tailed Hummingbirds.
(Thanks to Tony Leukering for pointing this field mark out.) |
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Adult female Black-chinned Hummingbird, Beatty's Orchard, Miller
Canyon, Arizona, 7/03. |
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Female Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archuleta County,
Colorado. |
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Female Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archuleta County,
Colorado. Note white "teardrop" behind the eye, long curved
bill, and gray cheek. Also note the long wings that almost reach the
tip of the tail. (Compare with
female Ruby-throated Hummingbird.) |
