RFW Bird-watching Resources

  Hummingbirds

Black-chinned Hummingbird

(Archilochus alexandri)

Family: Trochilidae
Common Family Grouping:
Hummingbirds
4-Letter Species Code: bchu
Size: Very Small

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Female   Costilla
Photo by: Bob Friedrichs

Male   Rio Arriba County

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Black-chinned Hummingbird


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Less Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Black-chinned Hummingbird at xeno-canto.org

Calliope Hummingbird

(Selasphorus calliope)

Family: Trochilidae
Common Family Grouping:
Hummingbirds
4-Letter Species Code: cahu
Size: Very Small

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   Costilla
Photo by: Bob Friedrichs

Male   Rio Arriba County

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Calliope Hummingbird


Season - Abundance Status:
Spring-Fall Transient - Less Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Calliope Hummingbird at xeno-canto.org

Rufous Hummingbird

(Selasphorus rufus)

Family: Trochilidae
Common Family Grouping:
Hummingbirds
4-Letter Species Code: ruhu
Size: Very Small

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Female   Costilla
Photo by: Bob Friedrichs

Male   Rio Arriba County

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Rufous Hummingbird


Season - Abundance Status:
Spring-Fall Transient - Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Rufous Hummingbird at xeno-canto.org

Broad-tailed Hummingbird

(Selasphorus platycercus)

Family: Trochilidae
Common Family Grouping:
Hummingbirds
4-Letter Species Code: bthu
Size: Very Small

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Female   Costilla
Photo by: Bob Friedrichs

Male   Rio Arriba County

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Broad-tailed Hummingbird


Season - Abundance Status:
Migrant Summer Breeder - Less Common

Link to USGS Site with more information: USGS

Hear sounds of Broad-tailed Hummingbird at xeno-canto.org

Range data provided by Infonatura/Natureserve. Ridgely, R. S., T. F. Alnutt, T. Brooks, D. K. McNicol, D. W. Mehlman, B. E. Young, and J. R. Zook. 2005 Digital Distribution Maps of the Birds of the Western Hemisphere, version 2.1 NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia, USA

eBird and CBC Graphs created with Google Charts: https://developers.google.com/chart

Data for CBC Graph: National Audubon Society (2020). The Christmas Bird Count Historical Results Online. Available http://www.christmasbirdcount.org November, 2020

Data for eBird Graph: eBird. 2021. eBird: An online database of bird distribution and abundance. eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, New York. Available: http://www.ebird.org. (Accessed: January 7, 2021).