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title: "Black-chinned Hummingbird"
description: "Archilochus alexandri — Uccelli. The black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) is a hummingbird occupying a broad range of habitats from deserts to mountain forests and urban areas in the western United States, southern British Columbia, and Mexico."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/black-chinned-hummingbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Black-chinned Hummingbird

> Archilochus alexandri — Uccelli. The black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) is a hummingbird occupying a broad range of habitats from deserts to mountain forests and urban areas in the western United States, southern British Columbia, and Mexico.

- Scientific name: *Archilochus alexandri*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `urban` (Città e giardini), `desert` (Deserto)
- iNaturalist observations: 33469
- Wikidata: [Q973463](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q973463)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6433](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6433)

## Names

- en: Black-chinned Hummingbird
- de: Schwarzkinnkolibri
- es: Colibrí barba negra
- fr: Colibri à gorge noire
- pl: Koliberek czarnobrody

## Countries with the most observations

US (22380), MX (1425), CA (339)

## Summary

The black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) is a hummingbird occupying a broad range of habitats from deserts to mountain forests and urban areas in the western United States, southern British Columbia, and Mexico.  It is migratory, wintering as far south as Mexico. In sunlight, an iridescent purple gorget forming a ring below the black chin feathers is a male characteristic. When in flight and hovering, its wings make a low-pitched humming sound.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-chinned_hummingbird

## Photo

![Black-chinned Hummingbird](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-chinned-hummingbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tero Linjama · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/248578830

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-chinned-hummingbird?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).