Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Black-billed Streamertail (Trochilus scitulus) - HBW 5, p. 572

French: Colibri à bec noir German: Schwarzschnabel-Jamaikasylphe Spanish: Colibrí Portacintas Piquinegro
Other common names: Eastern Streamertail (Hummingbird), Doctor Bird, Scissor Tail

Taxonomy: Aithurus scitulus Brewster and Bangs, 1901, Priestman’s River, Portland Parish, Jamaica.
Genus closely related to Chlorostilbon. Forms a superspecies with T. polytmus, with which formerly considered conspecific, but differs in display and voice; occasional hybridization in W John Crow Mts. Monotypic.

Distribution: Extreme E Jamaica.