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Description:

I believe there are three species here. I watched literally 25-30 hummingbirds of all species drinking from this feeder. Photo 1: [on left] Female Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) - [on right] Female Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) Photo 2: Female Allen's Hummingbird (Selasphorus sasin)

Notes:

PHOTO 1
(left)
http://sdakotabirds.com/species/rufous_hummingbird_info.htm

FEMALE
Rufous Hummingbird
Selasphorus rufus

(right)
http://nathistoc.bio.uci.edu/birds/apodiformes/Archilochus%20alexandri/…

FEMALE
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Archilochus alexandri

PHOTO 2
http://sangorgonio.sierraclub.org/mountains/animals/birds/hummingbirds…

FEMALE
Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sasin

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
apeachg
The Rufous could also be an Allen's hummingbird I believe, as my bird book cautions that the females of the two species are nearly indistinguishable (though it does mention that Allen's tend to have more green on their backs, which seems it might be the case in your picture)
Liam
Photo 1: Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) on the left and a Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) on the right. Photo 2: Rufous Hummingbird

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PublishedFebruary 20, 2012

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