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Black-chinned Hummingbird

Archilochus alexandri

A summer resident that nests in Louisiana. Found in 3 of 64 parishes, across 2 habitats.

Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
3 of 64 parishes
Habitats
2

At a glance

Group
Birds
Here
Summer
Nesting
Nests here
Range
3 of 64 parishes
Habitats
2
Habitat models
Summer

Where it lives

The places its habitat model includes. It is not found everywhere a habitat occurs.

Habitats in Louisiana 2

Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.

1 of 2

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Wet ground taken over by weedy or introduced plants after disturbance, such as common reed, Chinese tallow or tamarisk stands; the upland counterpart is roadsides, fields and disturbed ground.

Summer

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Forests on low ground beside rivers and streams that flood from time to time.

SummerWest Gulf Coastal Plain Small Stream and River Forest; West Gulf Coastal Plain Large River Floodplain Forest
Other habitats in its models (5)

Land cover, or classes with no habitat page in Louisiana. Those recorded in Louisiana first, the rest by region.

Elsewhere in the South (2)
  • East-Central Texas Plains Floodplain Forest Summer.
  • East-Central Texas Plains Riparian Forest Summer.
Land cover and other classes (3)
  • Developed, Low Intensity Summer.
  • Developed, Medium Intensity Summer.
  • Eastern Great Plains Floodplain Systems Summer.

All habitats

Seasons in Louisiana

  • Summer: nests here, in 3 of 64 parishes.

Also found in its main habitats

Its main habitats in Louisiana, by how much of its habitat model each one is, with the birds most characteristic of each and the plants that grow wild there. Shared habitat, not food.

Floodplain and bottomland forests

Birds 107

Plants 267

All of floodplain and bottomland forests in Louisiana

Disturbed and introduced wetlands

Birds 169

Plants 20

All of disturbed and introduced wetlands in Louisiana

USGS Gap Analysis Project habitat models.

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