Red-billed Streamertail
Trochilus polytmusLinnaeus, C, 1758
English (US) Red-billed Streamertail
The Red-billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: Jamaica (except the far east)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Trochilus polytmus
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Red-billed Streamertail
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus Polytmus
- Described by
- Linnaeus, C, 1758
- Type locality
- America, = Jamaica, ex Brown.
- Original description
- Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.120
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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