Smallest hummingbird?

[HaLeon]

I have seen some "bees" around in my garden.. but upon closer inspection, I realised it's a bird.. a humming bird with metallic feathers and a beak...

it's only 1 inch in size...

is this the smallest ever humming bird?

[KCFoggin]

Hello HaLeon and on behalf of the staff here at BirdForum.net, a warm welcome to you.

Perhaps what you saw was a sphinx moth? Often called a hummer moth. Here's a link to that moth.


http://www.hummingbird.org/moth.htm

[Michael Frankis]

Hi HaLeon,

Welcome to BirdForum!

There's no hummingbirds outside of the Americas - it sounds to me like a Hummingbird Hawkmoth. Check out this thread for some details:
http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=19829

Michael

[Tim Allwood]

smallest hummer i think is the Bee Humingbird - endemic to Cuba

it's tiny and very cute......

[HaLeon]

Thanks for the excellent pictures and the reply! mystery solved!