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Black chinned hummingbird

Archilochus alexandri

Photo by CynthiaMHori
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Field Notes

Description:

A female. The female is not as colorful as the male. Can be determined by location, general oliver coloring with streaks and the white spot behind the eye

Habitat:

Most often seen at feeders or perched on dead branches in tall trees. The Black-chinned Hummingbird is a habitat generalist, found in lowland deserts and mountainous forests, and in natural habitats and very urbanized areas as long as there are tall trees and flowering shrubs and vines.

Notes:

Cornell LAb of Ornithology as reference

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