#1355 · 🐦 birds

Black-chinned Hummingbird

🇳🇱 Zwartkinkolibrie ·Archilochus alexandri

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Chuck Roberts. (3/3/32 - 12/4/13) · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
2. © fiddleman · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © David G. Barker · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Los Madrones, Hamilton Pool Rd, Dripping Springs, TX, USA:© Greg Lasley · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Clark County, NV, USA:© lonnyholmes · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Bandera County, TX, USA:© Mark McClelland · CC BY 4.0
9. AGKyard, Polk, El Paso, TX 79912, USA:© Ad Konings · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Jardines de Satelite, Naucalpan de Juárez, Méx., México:© iluro · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The black-chinned hummingbird ( Archilochus alexandri ) is a small hummingbird. It is an extremely adaptable bird, occupying a broad range of habitats.

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 33,915iNaturalist observations
weight 0.5 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
33,915 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Étienne Mulsant in 1846 (180 years ago).