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mellisuga helenae

  1. Mellisuga helenae_Ernesto Reyes.jpg

    Mellisuga helenae_Ernesto Reyes.jpg

    Cosidered as the Smallest Hummingbird in world, males have blue back color with an iridescent red head color during the breeding season.
    • Cubanbirdguide
    • Media item
    • #birders mellisuga helenae
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: The Caribbean
  2. Bee Hummingbird.jpg

    Bee Hummingbird.jpg

    Male in full plumage color. Males have purple blue back and females are green back. During the breeding season, males are unmistakable due to the iridescent red head and turquoise upperparts.
    • Cubanbirdguide
    • Media item
    • bee hummingbird cuba mellisuga helenae
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: The Caribbean
  3. bee hummer cu.JPG

    bee hummer cu.JPG

    Bee Hummingbird front on
    • dandsblair
    • Media item
    • bee hummingbird cuba cuban endemic hummingbird mellisuga helenae
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  4. bee hummer side view.JPG

    bee hummer side view.JPG

    The smallest bird in the world, the Bee Hummingbird
    • dandsblair
    • Media item
    • bee hummingbird cuba hummingbird mellisuga helenae smallest bird on earth
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  5. Bee Hummingbird

    Bee Hummingbird

    • birdboybowley
    • Media item
    • bee hummingbird cuba mellisuga helenae palpite
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: The Caribbean
  6. bee hummingbird

    bee hummingbird

    cuba 2015
    • binus1963
    • Media item
    • mellisuga helenae
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: The Caribbean
  7. World's Smallest Bird

    World's Smallest Bird

    The Bee Hummingbird. The World's smallest bird. Endemic to Cuba.
    • Maroon Jay
    • Media item
    • hummingbirds mellisuga helenae
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: The Caribbean
  8. Bee Hummingbird in eclypse

    Bee Hummingbird in eclypse

    this Cuban endemic is considered as the smallest Bird on earth and are best encountered by knowing their call since finding them by spotting is rather a challange due to its mere hornet size and therefore can easily be mistaken as an insect - especially when observed on flight...
    • opfister
    • Media item
    • cuba endemic mellisuga helenae smallest bird on earth
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  9. Bee Hummingbird

    Bee Hummingbird

    does it need one!
    • DOC REED
    • Media item
    • cuba mellisuga helenae
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: The Caribbean
  10. Oh, No! A bee!

    Oh, No! A bee!

    I found this capture different because a bee showed up in it. The colorful blur is a wooden parrot decoration which is not as close as it appears it in the picture. But, it almost looks like the hummer is looking either at it or the bee.
    • hummerfan
    • Media item
    • hummingbirds mellisuga helenae ruby throat
    • Comments: 0
    • Category: North America
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