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Mellisuga helenae
This is an endemic species from Cuba and it is consider the smalest bird in the world, the individual in the picture is a female, It weight 1.6–2 g (0.056–0.071 oz) and a length of 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in)
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This bird has also the smallest number of feathers: about 1,000 feathers (in other bird species, there are up to 25,000 feathers).
Fun fact! The bee hummingbird measures less than 2.5 inches long and weighs under 0.1 ounce! Also known as the Helenas hummingbird, it is so tiny it often gets caught in spiders' webs.
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Nice... a Coquette, next trip to Cuba I will search for the male which is very colorful
Beautiful little hummingbird, they are fascinating to watch when they are so tiny...I managed to capture a female tufted coquette in Trinidad that was just half a cm bigger than this beauty and you really can mistake them for large bees! http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/149...
Thanks for the comments, I fount it in my 4 th trip to Cuba....
THE SMALEST BIRD IN THE WORLD
Very nice find, Jonathan!
Wow! Cool!