Black-billed streamertail
Trochilus scitulus (Brewster & Bangs, 1901)
The black-billed streamertail (Trochilus scitulus) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 4 g to 5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the black-billed streamertail
- Weight
- 4 g – 5 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Nectarivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- 2src for Young per litter or clutch
- Lifestyle
- Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the black-billed streamertail live?
Not recorded
What is the black-billed streamertail?
The black-billed streamertail (Trochilus scitulus) is a species of hummingbird in the "emeralds", tribe Trochilini of subfamily Trochilinae. It is endemic to eastern Jamaica.
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Is the black-billed streamertail endangered?
The black-billed streamertail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the black-billed streamertail classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyTrochilidae
- genusTrochilus
- SpeciesTrochilus scitulus (Brewster & Bangs, 1901)
Synonyms Aithurus scitulus, Trochilus polytmus scitulus
Other names and names in other languages (29)
- Streamertail (black-billed)English
- colibrí cua-de-cinta becnegreCatalan
- kolibřík černozobýCzech
- Sortnæbbet VimpelhaleDanish
- Schwarzschnabel-JamaikasylpheGerman
- Schwarzschnabel-WimpelschwanzGerman
- nigrabeka kolibroEsperanto
- Colibrí portacintas piquinegroSpanish
- tarhapyrstökolibriFinnish
- Ariane à bec noirFrench
- Colibri à bec noirFrench
- crnokapi kolibrićCroatian
- feketecsőrű szalagoskolibriHungarian
- Vessillario becconeroItalian
- Doctor BirdJamaican Creole English
- juodasnapis vėliavuodegis kolibrisLithuanian
- Oostelijke WimpelstaartkolibrieDutch
- svartnebbstrimmelstjertNorwegian
- koliber czarnodziobyPolish
- colibri-rabilongo-de-bico-pretoPortuguese
- beija-flor-serpentina-de-bico-pretoPortuguese
- Черноклювый вымпелохвостRussian
- Черноклювый вымпелохвостый колибриRussian
- Чёрноклювый вымпелохвостый колибриRussian
- kolibrík čiernozobýSlovak
- svartnäbbad vimpelkolibriSwedish
- колібрі чорнодзьобийUkrainian
- 黑嘴綬帶蜂鳥Chinese
- 黑嘴长尾蜂鸟Chinese
Relatives of the black-billed streamertail
Other species in the same genus Trochilus.
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Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the black-billed streamertail?
An adult black-billed streamertail weighs 4 g – 5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the black-billed streamertail endangered?
The black-billed streamertail is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the black-billed streamertail?
The black-billed streamertail (Trochilus scitulus) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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