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Black-chinned Hummingbird - immature male

Archilochus alexandri

Photo by RonaldOrosz
Published on Project Noah
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Description:

Purple patch on mostly white black speckled throat with green feathers along the back. White feathers along the belly. Video of hummingbird -->>

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Black-chinned Hummingbird - immature male

Archilochus alexandri

Comments (2)

No problem! He's just starting to get his purple in, makes him much easier to ID than any female!
I thought that was a black chinned but wasn't sure. Not many choices with that purple throat. Thanks Ashley.

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