Black-billed Streamertail

Trochilus scitulus

Least Concern · IUCN Red List

LCLeast ConcernEndemicNectarForestCup nestTiny · 4 g

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The male black-billed streamertail is 22 to 24 cm (8.7 to 9.4 in) long including the 10 to 13 cm (3.9 to 5.1 in) tail streamers and weighs 4.0 to 5.8 g (0.14 to 0.20 oz). The female is about 10.5 cm (4.1 in) long and weighs 3.5 to 5.5 g (0.12 to 0.19 oz). Both sexes have a black bill. The male has a dull black to blue-black crown; it and the nape form a deep velvety black crest. The rest of its upperparts are bright grass green. Its tail is black with a green to bronzy green gloss. The next to outermost pair of tail feathers is very long, giving the species its English name.

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When to see the Black-billed Streamertail

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 6 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is March, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Black-billed Streamertail

Regular range

The map shades 1 country with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

About the Black-billed Streamertail

The black-billed streamertail is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to eastern Jamaica.

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