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Black Jacobin

Florisuga fusca

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernNectarForestCup nestTiny · 8 g
Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca), photo 1
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca), photo 2
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca), photo 3
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca), photo 4
Photo: filipeprates · CC BY 4.0
Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca), photo 5
Photo: Bruno Luka de Souza Bambirra Silveira · CC BY 4.0
Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca), photo 6
Photo: B. Phalan · CC BY 4.0
Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca), photo 7
Photo: B. Phalan · CC BY 4.0
Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca), photo 8
Photo: Ron Knight from Seaford, East Sussex, United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0
Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca), photo 9
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0
Black Jacobin (Florisuga fusca), photo 10
Photo: Daniel S. Katz · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The black jacobin is 12 to 13 cm (4.7 to 5.1 in) long. Males weigh about 9 g (0.32 oz) and females 8 g (0.28 oz). Adults of both sexes are mostly black, with a bronzy-olive lower back and uppertail- and wing-coverts. The flanks are white, the inner rectrices black, and the outer rectrices white with black tips. Juveniles are dark except for a wide cinnamon band on the center and sides of the throat and a white belly and outer rectrices. Voice: The black jacobin's song is "a series of high-pitched hissing notes above 10 kHz, 'szee..szee....szee..szee..szee....szee...'." Its calls include "a short 'tsik' or 'chik', and a short trill 'tr-r-r'."

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

When to see the Black Jacobin

One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is October, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black Jacobin

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Brazil Argentina Uruguay Paraguay

About the Black Jacobin

The black jacobin is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Easily confused with

White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora) White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivoraThe white-necked jacobin is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long.

Side by side: Black Jacobin vs White-necked Jacobin

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