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[[Image:Antillean Crested Hummingbird2.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Male<br />Photo by {{user|Ronsphotos|Ronsphotos}}<br />Ffreyes Beach, west side of [[Antigua]], [[West Indies]], April, 2011]]
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[[Image:Antillean_Crested_Hummingbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by njlarsen<br />Female photographed on Dominica]]
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==Identification==
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[[Image:Antillean_Crested_Hummingbird.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Female, subspecies ''exilis''<br />Photo by {{user|njlarsen|njlarsen}}<br />[[Dominica]], January 2004]]
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8–9·5 cm (3-3¾ in)<br />
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The male has green upperparts except for a blackish tail lacking the white tips seen in the female, dark gray underparts, and in addition shows a pointed crest. Seen from the front, the crest looks like a flat shield that in the right light is shiny green (northern end of range) or greenish-violet (southern end of range).<br />
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The female,is green above and underparts light. <br />
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Both males and females have a short straight bill.
  
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==Description==
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==Distribution==
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The included image shows a female, green above and underparts light. The male has the same green upperparts except for a blackish tail lacking the white tips seen in the female, dark gray underparts, and in addition shows a pointed crest. Seen from the front, the crest looks like a flat shield that in the right light is shiny green (northern end of range) or greenish-violet (southern end of range). Both males and females have a short straight bill. Antillean Crested Hummingbird is a small bird, about 9 cm or 3.5 inches long.
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This bird is known from [[Puerto Rico]], the [[Virgin Islands]], and the [[Lesser Antilles]] south to and including [[Grenada]]. The bird is resident in all these islands, but some dispersion is possible, for example is the range in [[Puerto Rico]] increasing from the NE corner.
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==Taxonomy==
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====Subspecies====
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[[Image:Antillean_Crested_HB_JF.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Male, subspecies ''cristatus''<br />Photo by {{user|Jonathan+Farmer|Jonathan Farmer}}<br /> [[Barbados]], June 2007]]
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There are 4 subspecies<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>
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*''O. c. exilis'':
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:*East [[Puerto Rico]], [[Virgin Islands]] and [[Lesser Antilles]] to [[St. Lucia]]
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*''O. c. ornatus'':
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:*St. Vincent (Lesser Antilles)
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*''O. c. cristatus'':
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:*[[Barbados]] (Lesser Antilles)
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*''O. c. emigrans'':
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:*Lesser Antilles (Grenadines and Grenada)
  
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==Distribution & Taxonomy==
 
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This bird is known from [[Puerto Rico]], the [[Virgin Islands]], and the [[Lesser Antilles]] south to and including [[Grenada]]. ''O. c. exilis'' is the most widespread of four subspecies. The bird is resident in all these islands, but some dispersion is possible, for example is the range in Puerto Rico increasing from the NE corner.
 
 
==Habitat==
 
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Prefers open and semiopen areas from sea level to high into mountains. Seen more often in the lower, drier areas. The range of habitats include ornamental gardens and other cultivated areas in addition to the original scrub-forests and higher elevation wetter forest. As many hummingbirds, they augment the diet with insects. Being somewhat flexible in diet is a must in an area where Hurricanes occur somewhat regularly.  
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Prefers open and semi-open areas from sea level to high into mountains. Seen more often in the lower, drier areas. The range of habitats include ornamental gardens and other cultivated areas in addition to the original scrub-forests and higher elevation wetter forest. 
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==Behaviour==
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====Diet====
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[[Image:Antillean Crested Hummingbird P1010298.jpg|thumb|350px|right|Photo by {{user|njlarsen|njlarsen}}<br />Savane Paille, [[Dominica]], August 2017]]
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They feed on nectar from flowering shrubs and vines, also the lower branches of trees and hedges. As many hummingbirds, they augment the diet with insects. Being somewhat flexible in diet is a must in an area where Hurricanes occur somewhat regularly.
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Is often limited to feeding from the smallest flowers available by competition with other species of hummingbirds.
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====Breeding====
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They construct a small cup-shaped nest on a twig about 1–3 m above ground. They breed throughout the year.
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==References==
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#{{Ref-Clements6thAug17}}#Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)
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Latest revision as of 15:53, 25 February 2024

Male
Photo by Ronsphotos
Ffreyes Beach, west side of Antigua, West Indies, April, 2011
Orthorhyncus cristatus

Identification

Female, subspecies exilis
Photo by njlarsen
Dominica, January 2004

8–9·5 cm (3-3¾ in)
The male has green upperparts except for a blackish tail lacking the white tips seen in the female, dark gray underparts, and in addition shows a pointed crest. Seen from the front, the crest looks like a flat shield that in the right light is shiny green (northern end of range) or greenish-violet (southern end of range).
The female,is green above and underparts light.
Both males and females have a short straight bill.

Distribution

This bird is known from Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Lesser Antilles south to and including Grenada. The bird is resident in all these islands, but some dispersion is possible, for example is the range in Puerto Rico increasing from the NE corner.

Taxonomy

Subspecies

Male, subspecies cristatus
Photo by Jonathan Farmer
Barbados, June 2007

There are 4 subspecies[1]

  • O. c. exilis:
  • O. c. ornatus:
  • St. Vincent (Lesser Antilles)
  • O. c. cristatus:
  • O. c. emigrans:
  • Lesser Antilles (Grenadines and Grenada)

Habitat

Prefers open and semi-open areas from sea level to high into mountains. Seen more often in the lower, drier areas. The range of habitats include ornamental gardens and other cultivated areas in addition to the original scrub-forests and higher elevation wetter forest.

Behaviour

Diet

Photo by njlarsen
Savane Paille, Dominica, August 2017

They feed on nectar from flowering shrubs and vines, also the lower branches of trees and hedges. As many hummingbirds, they augment the diet with insects. Being somewhat flexible in diet is a must in an area where Hurricanes occur somewhat regularly.

Is often limited to feeding from the smallest flowers available by competition with other species of hummingbirds.

Breeding

They construct a small cup-shaped nest on a twig about 1–3 m above ground. They breed throughout the year.

References

  1. Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2017. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2017, with updates to August 2017. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
  2. Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (retrieved January 2017)

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