Bee Hummingbird
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| Bee HummingbirdConservation status: Lower risk (nt) | ||||||||||||||
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| Mellisuga helenae (Lembeye, 1850) |
The Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) is a hummingbird, and possibly the smallest of all birds. It can be found in Cuba (where it is called the zunzún) and the Isle of Pines. It weighs approximately 1.8 grams, less than a penny.
External link
- BirdLife Species Factsheet (http://www.birdlife.net/datazone/search/species_search.html?action=SpcHTMDetails.asp&sid=2101&m=0)
- http://www.hummingbirdsociety.org/photogallery - photographs of this and other hummingbird species