The males can also be heard using different sounds during the courtship display, before finally mating with its partner. As a courtship display, the male repeatedly rises to a height of up to 30 meters and then dives back towards the female at great speeds. The male hummingbird flies back and forth in an ‘U’ shape, moving in closer and farther away from the female. Image credits: Takahashi Photography/Shutterstock When the male finds a female during the breeding season, it displays a wide range of airborne acrobatics to impress the female. The tongue has several tiny grooves when the bird extends its tongue into the base of the flower, these grooves are filled with plant nectar, thus allowing the bird to feed. A unique feature is their thin and long beak, which enables the hummingbird to reach the base of flowers for nectar. They also can detect ultraviolet light, which is impossible for humans. These tiny birds have an acute sense of hearing. The senses of hummingbirds are different from human senses. They weigh around 3 to 3.5 grams and can have a lifespan of up to 10 years, which is remarkably longer compared to other birds of similar size. The difference in the tail is also easily visible the females have rounded tails and the males possess forked tail feathers.īlack-chinned hummingbirds are small-sized hummingbirds, with their length ranging from 8 to 8.5 centimeters. They have, in contrast to the female, a black head and a purple lining on the neck, whereas the females just have the same metallic green and white color coat throughout the body. Both males and females have a metallic green shade on the dorsal part and white feathers below, but the males are slightly smaller than the females. Image credits: sumikophoto/Shutterstock Male and female black-chinned hummingbirds are easily distinguishable due to their obvious physical differences.
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