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Antillean crested hummingbird

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Not to be confused with Orthorhynchus.

Antillean crested hummingbird
Antillean crested hummingbird in Morne Diablotins National Park, Dominica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Aves
Order:
Apodiformes
Family:
Trochilidae
Genus:
Orthorhyncus

Species:
O. cristatus
Binomial name
Orthorhyncus cristatus

The Antillean crested hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, north-east Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, the British Virgin Islands, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Lesser Antilles

  • Antillean crested hummingbird feeding at a flower in Dominica
    Antillean crested hummingbird feeding at a flower in Dominica
  • Nest and eggs MHNT
    Nest and eggs MHNT

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, semi-arid forests and heavily degraded former forest.

References

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