Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri Bourcier & Mulsant, 1846Reviewable (MD/DCRC)    Synonyms: BCHU.
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Chordata   >   Class Aves   >   Order Apodiformes   >   Family Trochilidae   >   Genus Archilochus   

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Maryland finally landed its overdue first record of Black-chinned Hummingbird in January 2020. The species had been voted our #1 most expected new state bird for many years. It was banded by Bruce Peterjohn on 1/24/2020 and identified as an immature male Black-chinned (St. Mary's Co.).

There are 7 records in the project database.

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A Black-chinned Hummingbird in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (1/26/2020). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

A Black-chinned Hummingbird in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (2/15/2020). Photo by Jim Stasz. (MBP list)

Black-chinned Hummingbird in Calvert Co., Maryland (10/31/2021). (c) david mlr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC). Photo by david_mlr via iNaturalist. (MBP list)

A Black-chinned Hummingbird in St. Mary's Co., Maryland (2/2/2020). Photo by Jim Brighton. (MBP list)


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