Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri

Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri, Male. Photograph taken in the greater Zihuantanejo area, Guerrero, March 2019. Photograph courtesy of Cheryl Anne Orrell, Montrose, British Columbia, Canada.

Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri, Male. Photograph taken within a residential community in Alamos, Sonora, May 2018. Photograph and identification courtesy of David F Smith, Alamos, Sonora.

Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri, Male. Photograph taken within the greater Palm Springs area of southern California, March 2021. Photography courtesy of Dr. Tom Bartol, Carlsbad, California.

Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri, Female. Photograph taken in the greater Zihuatanejo area, Guerrero, March 2019. Photograph courtesy of Cheryl Anne Orrell, Montrose, British Columbia, Canada.

The Black-chinned Hummingbird, Archilochus alexandri, is a member of the Trochilidae Family of Hummingbirds. They are small in stature. In Mexico they are found in the coastal regions within the Pacific Slope within the extreme northern sections of Baja California and from Culiacan, Sinaloa, south to Acapulco, Guerrero, at elevations up to 2,500 m (8,200 feet). From a conservation perspective, the Black-chinned Hummingbird is currently considered to be of Least Concern with stable, widely distributed populations. They are found in canyons along river edges and within large trees. They primarily consume nectar and small insects on a limited basis.