Hummingbirds of the Caribbean
Antillean Crested Hummingbird: [Orthorhyncus cristatus] Male is green above, the tail and underparts blackish, compicuous crest green or green and blue. Female is green above, grayish or white below with whitish tips to the tail feathers. Widespread from sea level to mountain forest, but most abuntant in lowlands. Throughout the Lesser Antiilles
Antillean Mango: [Anthracothorax dominicus] Male's upper parts green; an iridescent green gorget, black of underparts becomes grey on abdomen. Female is green above and greyish white below. Outer tail feathers largely chestnut or brownish grey. Widespread in Hispaniola.
Bahama Woodstar: [Calliphlox evelynae] Male is mostly green , the deeply forked tail black and rufous, gorget reddish violet, chest white, the posterior underparts rufescent. Females differ in having a rounded tail and both throat and chest are white. Scrubby woodlands, coppets, gardens. The common hummingbird,of the Bahamas, often seen in Nassau.
Bee Hummingbird: [Mellisuga heleae] Male has the pileum and throat fiery red, the iridescent gorget with elongated lateral plumes, rest of upperparts bluish, rest of underparts mostly greyish white. The female is green above, whitish below with white tios to outer tail feathers. More apt to be mistaken for a bee than a bird. The male is the smallest of birds. Woodland, shrubbery, garden. Cuba and the Isle of Pines.
Blue-headed Hummingbird: [Cyanophaia bicolor] Male is green, the tail and most of head violet-blue, basal part of lower mandible pinkish. Female's underparts green with bronze sheen on mantle and at bases of central tail feathers which are tipped with dark violet. Chiefly confined to mountains where found in forest and open country. Dominca and Martinique
Cuban Emerald: [Chlorostilbon ricordil] Male is green with blackish tail and white under tailcoverts, lower mandible mostly pinkish, tail forked. Female is green to bronze-green above becoming dusky violet on tail. Both sexes have a white spot behind eye. Woodlands. No. Bahamas, Cuba, vagrant to southern Florida.
Green Mango: [Anthracothorax viridis] A comparatively large green hummingbird with a blue-black tail. The sexes are similar. Upland country. Puerto Rico.
Green-breasted Mango: [Anthracothorax prevostii] Male is green, the tail and most of head violet-blue, basal part of lower mandible pinkish. Female's underparts green with bronze sheen on mantle and at bases of central tail feathers which are tipped with dark violet. Chiefly confined to mountains where found in forest and open country. Dominca and Martinique
Green-throated Carib: [Sericotes holosericeus] Sexes alike. Plumage predominantly green, bordering green gorget, abdomen blackish, glossed green, tail violet-black. Most abundant at low elevations. Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles.
Hispaniolan Emerald: [Chlorostilbon swainsonii] Male is green with dark greenish bronze forked tail, a velety black patch on breast, lower mandible mostly pinkish. Female is green above, becomes dusky toward tip of tail. Forested hills and mountains. Hispaniola.
Jamaican Mango: [Anthracothorax mango] A sturdy hummingbird, dark greenish bronze above, black below, outer tail feathers purple, edged with black and sides of head and neck glossy purple. Usually found in open sunny places in the hills and lowlands. Jamaica
Puerto Rican Emerald: [Chlorostilbon maugaeus] Male is glossy green, with a blackish forked tail, basal part of lower mandible pinkish. Female's upperparts green, rectrices violet distally, the outer tail feathers tipped with greyish white. The common small hummingbird of Puerto Rico.
Purple-throated Carib: [Eulampis jugularis] A sturdy very dark hummingbird. Plumage largely black. Gorget purplish red, tail and upper tail-coverts bluish green. Wings metalic green. Sexes similar. Mountain forest and clearings. Throughout the Caribbean.
Rufous-breasted Hermit: [Glaucis hirsuta] A large hummingbird with a long decurved bill, the lower mandible yellow. Upperparts green, underparts mostly brown, more rufescent in female, tail tipped with white, all but central feathers chestnut basically. Primarily forested hills on Granada.
Streamertail: [Trochilus polytmus] The adult male is the most spectacular hummingbird often with two long tail feathers which emits a whirring sound in flight. When lacking stremers identified by bright green plumage with black crown. the lateral feathers of the nape elongated to form tufts, bill mostly red. Females lack streamers and have green upperparts, mostly white underparts. The most abundant and widespread bird in Jamaica.
Vervain Hummingbird: [Mellisuga minima] Green above and mainly whitish below. The slightly larger female has the outer tail feathers broadly tipped with white and resembles the female Bee Hummingbird. Widespread in Hispaniola and Jamaica.
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