Antillean crested hummingbird
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| Antillean crested hummingbird in Morne Diablotins National Park, Dominica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: |
Orthorhyncus Lacépède, 1799 |
| Species: | O. cristatus |
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Orthorhyncus cristatus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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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
Nest and eggs MHNT
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, semi-arid forests and heavily degraded former forest.
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