Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)

Red-billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) - HBW 5, p. 572

French: Colibri à tête noire German: Rotschnabel-Jamaikasylphe Spanish: Colibrí Portacintas Piquirrojo
Other common names: Jamaican Doctor Bird, Western Streamertail (Hummingbird)

Taxonomy: Trochilus Polytmus Linnaeus, 1758, Jamaica.
Genus closely related to Chlorostilbon. Forms a superspecies with T. scitulus, with which formerly considered conspecific, but differs in display and voice; occasional hybridization in W John Crow Mts. Monotypic.

Distribution: Jamaica (except extreme E).