Black-chinned Hummingbird

© Tom Callahan

Published: July 26, 2010

Subscriber Tom Callahan of Phoenix photographed this Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) just as it spread its wings and tail wide. He found the bird, a male, in Madera Canyon, Arizona, the place our readers’ voted No. 3 on their list of favorite places to watch hummingbirds. Tom used a Canon 40D and a 400mm f/5.6L lens.

See photos of other hummingbirds:
- Anna's Hummingbird female and nestling
- Anna's Hummingbird with a water-soaked bill
- Black-chinned Hummingbird female
- Broad-tailed Hummingbird
- Buff-bellied Hummingbird
- Calliope Hummingbird
- Costa's Hummingbird
- Purple-throated Carib
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird perched
- Ruby-throated Hummingbirds at a feeder
- Rufous Hummingbird in flight at Oregon's William L. Finley NWR
- Rufous Hummingbird chicks in the nest
- Rufous Hummingbird stretches atop a twig
- Rufous Hummingbird hovering near a nectar feeder in British Columbia
- Rufous Hummingbird, close-up portrait of hovering bird
- Rufous Hummingbirds colliding in flight
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
- Tufted Coquette
- Violet-crowned Woodnymph preening
- Violet-crowned Woodnymph perched
- White-eared Hummingbird

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