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Antillean Crested Hummingbird

Orthorhyncus cristatus

Photo by Dan Doucette
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

endemic to the Caribbean

Habitat:

variety of forests

Notes:

I saw these hummingbirds in dry coastal forest all the way up to moist cloud forests at 800m. I spotted this and another hummingbird while I was taking a rest on the Waitukubuli national trail segment 11.

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Antillean Crested Hummingbird

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PublishedMay 20, 2013

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