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[[Image:Vervain_Hummingbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Juan Estevez<br />Photo taken: Santiago, Dominican Republic.]] | [[Image:Vervain_Hummingbird.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by Juan Estevez<br />Photo taken: Santiago, Dominican Republic.]] | ||
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6-7cm. Metallic green upperparts, purple black wings, black tail, white throat and chin speckled black, white breast, belly, and vent, metallic green sides. Female - yellow green above, pure white below. | 6-7cm. Metallic green upperparts, purple black wings, black tail, white throat and chin speckled black, white breast, belly, and vent, metallic green sides. Female - yellow green above, pure white below. | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Cayman Islands]], the [[Dominican Republic]], [[Haiti]], [[Jamaica]], and [[Puerto Rico]]. | + | [[Cayman Islands]], the [[Dominican Republic]], [[Haiti]], [[Jamaica]], and [[Puerto Rico]]. |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
Revision as of 13:13, 10 July 2008
- Mellisuga minima
Identification
6-7cm. Metallic green upperparts, purple black wings, black tail, white throat and chin speckled black, white breast, belly, and vent, metallic green sides. Female - yellow green above, pure white below.
Distribution
Cayman Islands, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.
Taxonomy
Habitat
Moist lowland forests.
Behaviour
It builds the second smallest nest of all birds, about the size of half a walnut shell (the Bee Hummingbird builds the smallest nest).
