Rufous Hummingbird – Female Selasphorus rufous August – Colorado L=3.75” ...... WS=4.5”...... WT=0.1 oz Order: Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds) Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
Black-chinned Hummingbird – Male Archilochus alexandri August – Colorado L=3.75” ...... WS=4.75”...... WT=0.12 oz......m>f Order: Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds) Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) Black-chinned Hummingbirds are normal. They are not the largest or smallest, not the most colorful or drabbest, and they do not have a special niche. Rather, they are noteworthy only in their broad distribution and abundance. All hummingbirds have a very long slender tongue. The tongue itself wraps around the back of the skull and then enters the oral cavity. This coil allows the tongues of hummingbirds to extend well beyond the typically long bill, sometimes as much as a full bill length beyond the bill itself.
Black-chinned Hummingbird – Female Archilochus alexandri August – Colorado L=3.75” ...... WS=4.75”...... WT=0.12 oz......m>f Order: Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummingbirds) Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)
