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Bee hummingbird
Smallest species of bird / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Not to be confused with bumblebee hummingbird.
The bee hummingbird, zunzuncito or Helena hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) is a species of hummingbird, native to the island of Cuba in the Caribbean. It is the smallest known bird.[3][4] The bee hummingbird feeds on nectar of flowers and bugs found in Cuba.[5]
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Bee hummingbird | |
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Male in flight | |
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Female in flight | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Mellisuga |
Species: | M. helenae |
Binomial name | |
Mellisuga helenae (Lembeye, 1850) | |
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