Antillean crested hummingbird
| Antillean crested hummingbird | |
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| Male in Morne Diablotins National Park, Dominica | |
| Female in Saint George Parish, Grenada | |
CITES Appendix II
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Trochilini |
| Genus: | Orthorhyncus Lacépède, 1799 |
| Species: | O. cristatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Orthorhyncus cristatus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trochilus cristatus Linnaeus, 1758 | |
The Antillean crested hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. Its range extends from eastern Puerto Rico throughout the Lesser Antilles; it has also been recorded as a vagrant in Florida, USA.