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ANTILLIAN CRESTED HUMMINGBIRD (Orthorhyncus cristatus) - ©Juddpatterson

The Antillean Crested Hummingbird (Orthorhyncus cristatus) is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.

It is found in Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, north-east Puerto Rico, Saba, Saint-Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Eustatius, the British Virgin Islands and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Fact Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antillean_Crested_Hummingbird

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purpleraven:

Antillean Crested Hummingbird (by Judd Patterson)

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