Vervain Hummingbird

Vervain Hummingbird
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Apodiformes
Family:	Trochilidae
Genus:	Mellisuga
Species:	M. minima
Binomial name
Mellisuga minima (Linnaeus, 1758)

The Vervain Hummingbird, Mellisuga minima, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Jamaica, and is a vagrant to Puerto Rico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

It is of note as being allegedly the second smallest bird in the world after its close cousin, the Bee Hummingbird. Typical length is 6 cm (2.4 in), including the bill, and weight is 2-2.4 grams.^[1][2] It also allegedly has the smallest egg in the bird world, with an average length of 1 cm (0.39 in) and weight of 0.375 grams.^[3]

References

• BirdLife International 2008. Mellisuga minima. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 16 May 2009.
• Raffaele, Herbert; James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith & Janis Raffaele (2003) Birds of the West Indies, Christopher Helm, London.

1. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=yBV06QyxYqsC&pg=PA135&lpg=PA135&dq=vervain+hummingbird+cm&source=bl&ots=YAyS7g3vrx&sig=298jcyMueHFwijRspeV209LyCcY&hl=en&ei=Lox5TdutG-qY0QH2_NTwAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=vervain%20hummingbird%20cm&f=false
2. ^ Wood, The Guinness Book of Animal Facts and Feats. Sterling Pub Co Inc (1983), ISBN 978-0851122359.
3. ^ http://books.google.com/books?id=HTX6BatQFDgC&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72&dq=vervain+hummingbird+cm&source=bl&ots=6QbsOyvuQP&sig=Gum5un-fUFRsCh837SgD5m8jtR0&hl=en&ei=Lox5TdutG-qY0QH2_NTwAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDYQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=vervain%20hummingbird%20cm&f=false

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