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 LC    Antillean Crested Hummingbird* Id (Atlas):
    Orthorhyncus cristatus

Description (10)
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Other Names (World)
Antillean Crested Hummingbird, Crested Hummingbird

Family
Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

Size
8.50 - 9.50 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1758)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland moist forest and shrubland, heavily degraded former forest. From sea-level - 1,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Anguilla, Antigua And Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada (B), Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles (B), Puerto Rico, St Kitts And Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) (B) (NB), Virgin Islands (U.S.) (B) (NB).

Vagrant to USA.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

 
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) [XC589872]
     by id from Castries, St Lucia (call)

 
Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) [XC589871]
     by Simon Elliott from Castries, St Lucia (call)

Subspecies
Closely related to Chrysolampis, and may even be congeneric.

The following 4 subspecies are recognised:

  • exilis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)   -  Eastern Puerto Rico south through Lesser Antilles to St Lucia.
  • ornatus Gould, 1861   -  St Vincent.
  • cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758)   -  Barbados.
  • emigrans Lawrence, 1877   -  Grenadines and Grenada.



References
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Files:
JPG files for Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) - 10 files


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