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Red-billed Streamertail Hummingbird

Scientific name: Trochilus polytmus

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Identification: The streamertail has the plummage of long tail feathers crossing in resemblance to the old-fashioned coattails of a doctor; hence, Jamaicans call it the "Doctor bird."

Habitat and range: The red-billed Streamertail hummingbird is found only in Jamaica.

FYI: A high-pitched hum is made by the uniquely scalloped and fluted streamers of the bird's tail in flight. Female hummingbirds may use threads from a spider web to bind its nest of plant down and moss together. Laying two bean-sized white eggs, she will feed her babies regurgitated insects. Source: "Blue-throated Hummingbird," Book of North American Birds, (Pleasantville, New York: Reader's Digest Association, Inc., 1990), p. 194. After 2-3 weeks of incubation, baby hummingbirds are born without feathers They are ready to leave the nest after only three weeks. Source: "Hummingbird," The International Wildlife Encyclopedia, 1969, Vol. 9, p. 1136. Since the feet of the hummingbird are small and weak, instead of walking or hopping, it will fly for even short distances. Source: "Hummingbird," The Audubon Nature Encyclopedia, 1965, Vol. 5, p. 892.

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Select a hummingbird by its name:
(in alphabetical order)

Allen's Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Black-chinned Hummingbird
 
Blue-throated Hummingbird

 

Booted Racket-tail Hummingbird

 

Broad-billed Hummingbird
 
Broad-tailed Hummingbird

 

Calliope Hummingbird

 

Costa's Hummingbird
 
Crimson Topaz Hummingbird

 

Long-tailed Hermit Hummingbird

 

Magnificent (Rivoli's) Hummingbird
 
Peruvian Sheartail Hummingbird   Plain-capped Starthroat Hummingbird   Red-billed Streamertail Hummingbird
 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird   Rufous Hummingbird   Sword-billed Hummingbird
 
Violet-crowned Hummingbird   White-eared Hummingbird   Xantus' Hummingbird

Select a hummingbird's nest by its name: (in alphabetical order)

Allen's Hummingbird (nest) & another

Anna's Hummingbird (nest) & another

Bearded Helmetcrest Hummingbird (nest)
 
Black-chinned Hummingbird (nest) & another & with mother

 

Broad-billed Hummingbird (eggs only)

 

Buff-bellied Hummingbird (nest)
 
Calliope Hummingbird (nest)

 

Costa's Hummingbird (nest) & another & with mother

 

Fork-tailed Emerald Hummingbird (nest)
 
Giant Hummingbird (nest)

 

Glittering-bellied Emerald Hummingbird (nest)

 

Golden-bellied Starfrontlet Hummingbird (nest)
 
Purple-throated Sunangel Hummingbird (nest)   Ruby-throated Hummingbird (nest)   Rufous Hummingbird (nest) & with parents
 
Sappho Comet Hummingbird (nest)   Xantus' Hummingbird (nest)  

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