Red-billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus)

Other Names (World)
Red-billed Streamertail, Jamaican Doctor Bird, Western Streamertail, Western Streamertail Hummingbird

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
10.50 - 25 cm

First Described (Guide)
Linnaeus, 1758

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical moist lowland and montane forest. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Jamaica.

Jamaica (except extreme east).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2012).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (3)...)

Red-billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) [XC308420]
by Peter de Rouw from Blue Mountains National Park, Portland Parish, Jamaica (call)

Red-billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) [XC783176]
by Ross Gallardy from Padhouse, Mulleth Hall, Portland Parish, Jamaica (tail whirring)

Subspecies
Trochilus polytmus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) has been split into parapatric Red-billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) and Black-billed Streamertail (Trochilus scitulus) following Schuchmann (1999), contra AOU (1998) supported by morphological and behavioural differences.

Genus closely related to Chlorostilbon. Forms a superspecies with Black-billed Streamertail (Trochilus scitulus), with which formerly considered conspecific, but differs in display and voice. Occasional hybridization in western John Crow Mts.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

polytmus Linnaeus, 1758 - Jamaica.
scitulus (Brewster & Bangs, 1901) - Jamaica. Considered by some authors to be a distinct species, Black-billed Streamertail (Trochilus scitulus).

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Red-billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) - 10 files

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