Rare (mainly October–March) in Southeast casual in Northeast (fall). Their small size makes them an easy prey to insect-eating birds and animals. Migration: mainly March–May, August–September. The Black-chinned Hummingbird has a length of about 3.25-3.5 in and a weight of 0.1 to 0.2 ounces. Breeding: common in riparian woodlands, foothills. Western North America to northwest Mexico. Black-chinned hummingbirds are not as populous as Rufous or Ruby-throated hummingbirds, but they’re also not rare. Indistinguishable from ruby-throated but distinctive male wing-buzz in flight louder (and lower pitched than Selasphorus). Anna’s call is a smacking chip, Costa’s is a high, tinny tik, both distinct from black-chinned. Tends to pump its tail more than other hummingbirds. Female has whitish underparts with almost no buffy tones (perhaps a very light wash on flanks). Male distinctive with purple-and-black throat. Female/immature Costa’s slightly smaller face often plainer wing tips often fall beyond tail tip at rest (shorter than tip on black-chinned). Black-Chinned Hummingbird The western counterpart of the ruby-throated, the black-chinned regularly pumps its tail. Black-chinned Hummingbird - eBird Small hummingbird found in a variety of woodland and brushy habitats. Female/immature Anna’s slightly larger underparts more mottled, including undertail coverts (mostly whitish on black-chinned) throat often with rose-red spots wags tail infrequently. The black-chinned is often confused with Anna’s and Costa’s, which are chunkier and proportionately bigger headed, shorter billed, and shorter tailed lack the narrow inner primaries of Archilochus and molt wings in summer. Immature male: Throat usually has black-violet spots. ![]() Adult female: black-violet spots rare on throat. Adult male: black throat with violet-blue lower band. Age/sex differences as ruby-throated except as noted. Length 3.3–3.8" bill 16–22 mm.īest marks for all ages are narrow inner primaries and blunt primaries. The western counterpart of the ruby-throated, the black-chinned regularly pumps its tail.
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