Antillean Crested Hummingbird

Another friendly visitor in the garden of our resort in Dominica, an Antillean Crested Hummingbird. I think this one is male as he has a crest but he was lighter in color than a few of the others feeding on the flowers. Any confirmation appreciated.

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Samba

Giant Tortoise

According to Wikipedia: This species holds the first record of any avian species that became prey to an amblypygid, otherwise known as a tailless whipscorpion. Posted one year ago
1. Ferdy Christant
  
  Lion
  
  I've read that, very interesting.
  
  Note: I slightly moved the geotag into the island of Dominica, because before it was in the ocean. Posted one year ago
2. 1. Samba
    
    Giant Tortoise
    
    Thanks, Ferdy. I appreciate it. Do not want anyone drowning to see this bird! :) Posted one year ago
  2. 1. Ferdy Christant
      
      Lion
      
      Saw lots of traffic going there on boat radar, was just in time ;) Posted one year ago
    2. 1. Samba
        
        Giant Tortoise
        
        I would have had a guilt complex without your intervention :) Posted one year ago, modified one year ago

Thibaud Aronson

Lion

Hmm I think this is a young male or a female. Adult males are proper punks, with a really funny disheveled crest that stands straight up about twice as high as on your bird. Posted one year ago, modified one year ago
1. Samba
  
  Giant Tortoise
  
  Thanks, Thibaud! I would think young male as the descriptions all say the female has no crest. There is definitely a crest here, albeit not high. Posted one year ago

The Antillean crested hummingbird

The Antillean crested hummingbird is found across 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, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Lesser Antilles, while it has also been recorded as a vagrant in Florida, USA.

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Similar species: Swifts And Hummingbirds

Species identified by Samba

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Uploaded Feb 1, 2024. Captured in 7MHJ+5W Pichelin, Dominica.

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