swap_horiz Cuban Emerald Alternatives

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Bee Hummingbird

The Bee Hummingbird, *Mellisuga helenae*, is a tiny hummingbird endemic to Cuba. It holds the title of world’s smallest...

Cuban Endemic Caribbean Smallest Bird

9.9 Brilliant

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Red-billed Streamertail

The Red-billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) is a hummingbird species endemic to Jamaica, where it serves as the nat...

Endemic Jamaica Streamertail Long Tailed

9.4 Excellent

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Juan Fernández Firecrown

The Juan Fernández firecrown is a critically endangered hummingbird species found exclusively on the Juan Fernández Isla...

Endemic South America Island Trochilidae

9.4 Excellent

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Streamertail

The Streamertail, scientifically known as Trochilus polytmus, is a species of hummingbird endemic to Jamaica, where it s...

Endemic Caribbean Jamaica Long Tail

9.4 Excellent

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Tufted coquette

The Tufted Coquette (Lophornis ornatus) is a small hummingbird found throughout the Caribbean islands and parts of South...

Tufted Caribbean Extant Coquette

9.3 Excellent

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Bearded Helmetcrest

The Bearded Helmetcrest historically referred to the species Oxypogon guerinii, a high-altitude hummingbird complex adap...

Endemic Venezuela Helmetcrest High Andes

9.2 Excellent

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Ruby-topaz hummingbird

The ruby-topaz hummingbird, *Chrysolampis mosquitus*, is a small hummingbird species native to open country habitats acr...

Caribbean Extant Ruby Topaz Open Country

9.1 Excellent

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Vervain Hummingbird

The Vervain Hummingbird, *Mellisuga mellisuga*, is a tiny hummingbird species found only in Jamaica and the Dominican Re...

Tiny Endemic Caribbean Jamaican

9.1 Excellent

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Gray-bellied Comet

The Gray-bellied Comet (Taphrolesbia griseiventris) is a hummingbird species endemic to Peru, restricted to montane scru...

Endemic Rare Peru Comet

9.1 Excellent

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Black-billed Streamertail

The Black-billed Streamertail (Trochilus scitulus) is a species of hummingbird strictly endemic to the island of Jamaica...

Endemic Jamaica Streamertail Black Billed

9.1 Excellent

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Glow-throated Hummingbird

The Glow-throated Hummingbird (Selasphorus ardens) is a small hummingbird species endemic to the highlands of western Pa...

Endemic Panama Highland Bee

8.8 Great

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Inagua Woodstar

The Inagua Woodstar (Nesophlox lyrura) is a small hummingbird species strictly endemic to the islands of Great and Littl...

Endemic Bahamas Woodstar Inagua

8.8 Great

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Coppery-headed Emerald

The Coppery-headed Emerald is a small hummingbird species strictly endemic to the highland forests of Costa Rica. Males...

Endemic Central America Costa Rica Emerald

8.6 Great

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Blue-headed Hummingbird

The Blue-headed Hummingbird (Riccordia bicolor) is a small hummingbird endemic to the Caribbean island of Dominica in th...

Endemic Caribbean Emerald Dominica

8.4 Great

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Puerto Rican Emerald

The Puerto Rican Emerald (Riccordia maugaeus) is a small hummingbird species strictly endemic to the archipelago of Puer...

Endemic Caribbean Puerto Rico Emerald

7.8 Good

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Green-fronted Hummingbird

The Green-fronted Hummingbird (Ramosomyia viridifrons) is a Mexican endemic whose range is concentrated in dry forests a...

Endemic Mexico Emerald Green Fronted

7.7 Good

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Cinnamon-sided Hummingbird

The Cinnamon-sided Hummingbird (Ramosomyia wagneri) is a small bird species endemic to the montane regions of southern M...

Endemic Mexico Emerald Cinnamon Sided

7.7 Good

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Hispaniolan Emerald

The Hispaniolan Emerald (Riccordia swainsonii) is a species of hummingbird endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola...

Endemic Caribbean Emerald Hispaniola

7.7 Good

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Cozumel Emerald

The Cozumel emerald is a hummingbird species endemic to Cozumel Island, Mexico. Its restricted range distinguishes it fr...

Endemic Mexico Emerald Trochilidae

7.7 Good

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Bahama Woodstar

Bahama Woodstar (Calliphlox evelynae) is a hummingbird endemic to the Bahamas archipelago, making it one of the few humm...

Endemic Caribbean Island Bahamian

7.1 Good