Red-billed streamertail
The red-billed streamertail (Trochilus polytmus), also known as the doctor bird, scissor-tail or scissors tail hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Jamaica and is the national bird of the country.
| Red-billed streamertail | |
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| Adult male | |
| Female | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Trochilus |
| Species: | T. polytmus |
| Binomial name | |
| Trochilus polytmus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trochilus polytmus polytmus | |
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