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- Red-Cheeked Cordon-Bleu. This colorful bird is a species of African finch with sky blue feathers, and males have a spot of red on their cheeks that make them look like they are perpetually blushing.
- Verdin. With the verdin, we move from blue to yellow, and from Africa to the southwest United States and Mexico. This small bird is a species of penduline tit and is only about 4.5 inches long when fully grown.
- Lesser Goldfinch. The lesser goldfinch is the smallest North American finch of the Spinus genus. It may very well be the smallest true finch in the entire world, growing to an average of just 3.5 to 4.7 inches in length.
- Goldcrest. The goldcrest's scientific name is Regulus regulus, and regulus means "prince, little king." This species is in the kinglet family and is the smallest of all the birds in Europe.
- Lesser Goldfinch
- Golden-Headed Cisticola
- Verdin
- Brown Gerygone
- Pardalote
- Simple Firecrest
- Goldcrest
- Weebill
- Costa’s Hummingbird
- Bee Hummingbird
Average 10 centimeters, 10 grams The lesser goldfinch is native to North America, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos Islands. The tiny bird averages 10 centimeters in size, and is particularly sexually dimorphic, with significant coloration differences between males and females. It’s a very common bird that’s found in multiple habitats at differ...
Average 10 centimeters, 8 grams The golden-headed cisticola is also known as the bright-capped cisticola, and found across South Asia and Australia. It has the nickname the “finest tailor of all birds” as it makes its tidy nest from plants and spider threads Usually seen around grasslands in humid areas, the golden-headed cisticola is omnivorous, e...
Average 10 centimeters, 7 grams The verdin rivals the American bushtitas one of the smallest passerines in North America and is found across Mexico and the southern USA. They nest in shrubs and thorny thickets with few trees, building nests that are spherically inter-connected bulky twigs and branches lined with feathers, grass, and hair. They are ...
Average 10 centimeters, 6 grams Also known as gerygone brown and brown warbler, the gerygone mouki is a rainforest animal native to areas on the east coast of Australia. It usually lives in small groupsof three or four birds that forage together at all heights of the canopy, hunting flying insects amongst the foliage.
Average 9.5 centimeters, 6 grams The pardalote is a particularly attractive Australian bird with bright patterned plumage – and a plump look, unlike most of the other tiny birds on this list, even though they weigh just 6 g. Their small size lets them get into small holes of eucalyptus trees to hunt for lerpsand other native larvae. As with many ot...
Average 9.3 centimeters, 5.5 grams The simple firecrest is in the same kinglet family of birds as the goldcrest. It is almost as small, and very similar in appearance to the goldcrest, though has a more yellowish tinge with a whitish fawn stripe above the eye. Simple firecrests tend to be seen more frequently during autumn and winter when it’s easi...
Average 9 centimeters, 5.7 grams The goldcrest is the smallest bird in Europe, reaching an average of 9 centimeters in length, and weighing a tiny 6 grams. Its Latin name means prince or little king, and it’s sometimes referred to as the king of the birds in folklore. They have thin beaks that are ideally suited for picking insects out from between...
Average 8 centimeters, 6 grams Named after their ‘wee’ bill (i.e, tiny!), this species has the body to match, averaging just 8 centimeters in length. The Weebill is native to Australia’s jungles, forests, and wooded areas, and is the continent’s smallest bird. Favouring eucalyptus-rich areas, they have a diet that’s based on larvae and small insect...
Average 8 centimeters, 3 grams The Costa’s hummingbird has perhaps the most spectacular plumage of all birds on this list, with a brilliant swathe of bright purple across its head and neck. It’s native to the southwestern USA, found in desert habitats where it feeds on nectar and insects. It’s the second smallest hummingbird, and the second smalles...
Average 5-6 centimeters, 1.7 grams The title of the world’s smallest bird goes to the bee hummingbird, which can be just 5 cm in length. It’s also the world’s lightest bird at under 2 grams, and has the smallest nest in the world – made from cobwebs and lichen – where it lays eggs the size of peas. Bee hummingbirds are native to Cuba, where it also...
- Bee Hummingbird – The Smallest Birds in the World. Bee hummingbirds (Mellisuga helenae) are the smallest birds in the world and measure only 2.25 inches long.
- Esmeraldas Woodstar – The Smallest Birds in South America. One of the rare animals is this neotropical species of birds from the hummingbird family, the Esmeralda woodstars (Chaetocercus berlepschi) grow only up to 2.5 inches long and weigh almost 0.8 ounces.
- Bumblebee Hummingbird. The bumblebee hummingbird (Selasphorus heloisa) is the second-smallest bird, only after a member of its own family – the bee hummingbird.
- Cape Penduline Tit – The Smallest Birds in Africa. Cape penduline tits (Anthoscopus minutus) are one of the smallest bird species native to Africa. These birds grow only up to 3.15 inches in length.
They weigh less than two grams — less than a dime. That’s half the weight of our backyard hummers, like the Ruby-throated or Rufous. The female builds a nest barely an inch across. Her eggs are about the size of a coffee bean. In flight, the Bee Hummingbird’s tiny wings beat 80 times a second.
- Bee Hummingbird. Mellisuga helenae. 2–2.3 in (5–6 cm) 0.05–0.06 oz (1.6–1.9 g) Near Threatened. The Bee Hummingbird is the smallest bird you can find.
- Esmeraldas Woodstar. Chaetocercus berlepschi. 2.5 in (6.4 cm) Not specified. Vulnerable. The Esmeraldas Woodstar is not only among the smallest birds globally but is also considered the smallest bird in South America.
- Calliope Hummingbird. Selasphorus calliope. 2.8–3.9 in (7–10 cm) 0.08–0.1 oz (2.3–3.4 g) Least Concern. The smallest birds found in the United States and Canada are Calliope Hummingbirds.
- Costa’s Hummingbird. Calypte costae. 3–3.5 in (7.6–9 cm) 0.08–0.1 oz (2.5–3.5 g) Least Concern. As small as it is, the Costa’s Hummingbird is impossible to miss due to its striking appearance.
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Mellisuga. Species: M. helenae. Binomial name. Mellisuga helenae. ( Lembeye, 1850) 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.
