Red-billed Streamertail

Trochilus polytmus

The red-billed streamertail, also known as the doctor bird, or swallow tail hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of the subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Jamaica and is the national bird of the country.

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