Red-billed streamertail

Red-billed streamertail
	Adult male
	Female
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	CITES Appendix II (CITES)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Clade:	Strisores
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Trochilus
Species:	T. polytmus
Binomial name
	Trochilus polytmus; Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
	Trochilus polytmus polytmus

The red-billed streamertail (Trochilus polytmus), also known as the doctor bird, scissor-tail or scissors tail hummingbird, is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to Jamaica and is the national bird of the country.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ BirdLife International (2016). "Black-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687469A93153469. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687469A93153469.en. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
^ Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ Retrieved August 25, 2021
^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 12.2. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
^ HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip retrieved August 7, 2022
^ "National Bird - The Doctor Bird". jis.gov.jm. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

[IUCN-1] BirdLife International (2016). "Black-billed Streamertail Trochilus polytmus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687469A93153469. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687469A93153469.en. Retrieved 5 September 2022.

[2] "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.

[Clements-3] Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, S. M. Billerman, T. A. Fredericks, J. A. Gerbracht, D. Lepage, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2021. The eBird/Clements checklist of Birds of the World: v2021. Downloaded from https://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/ Retrieved August 25, 2021

[IOC12.2-4] Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (August 2022). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List. v 12.2. Retrieved August 9, 2022.

[HBW2021-5] HBW and BirdLife International (2021) Handbook of the Birds of the World and BirdLife International digital checklist of the birds of the world. Version 6. Available at: http://datazone.birdlife.org/userfiles/file/Species/Taxonomy/HBW-BirdLife_Checklist_v6_Dec21.zip retrieved August 7, 2022

[jamsym-6] "National Bird - The Doctor Bird". jis.gov.jm. Retrieved September 5, 2022.

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