violet - crowned hummingbird is the name of the smallest hummingbird.
violet - crowned hummingbird is the name of the smallest hummingbird.
what is the name of the smallest hummingbird?
violet - crowned hummingbird
scintillant hummingbird









































the scintillant hummingbird ("selasphorus scintilla") is the smallest hummingbird within its range (i.e. the talamancan montane forests). it is a regional endemic, a species found only in costa rica and panama.









































this tiny bird inhabits brushy forest edges, coffee plantations and sometimes gardens at altitudes from , and up to when not breeding. it is only long, including the bill. the male weighs and the female . this is one of the smallest birds in existence, marginally larger than the bee hummingbird. the black bill is short and straight.
scintillant hummingbird
bullet::::- blue-headed hummingbird









































bullet::::- mexican woodnymph









































bullet::::- crowned woodnymph









































bullet::::- fork-tailed woodnymph









































bullet::::- long-tailed woodnymph









































bullet::::- violet-capped woodnymph









































bullet::::- violet-bellied hummingbird









































bullet::::- sapphire-throated hummingbird









































bullet::::- sapphire-bellied hummingbird









































bullet::::- shining-green hummingbird









































bullet::::- blue-throated sapphire









































bullet::::- rufous-throated sapphire









































bullet::::- white-chinned sapphire









































bullet::::- gilded sapphire









































bullet::::- blue-headed sapphire









































bullet::::- humboldt's sapphire









































bullet::::- golden-tailed sapphire









































bullet::::- white-throated hummingbird









































bullet::::- white-tailed goldenthroat









































bullet::::- tepui goldenthroat









































bullet::::- green-tailed goldenthroat









































bullet::::- buffy hummingbird









































bullet::::- tumbes hummingbird









































bullet::::- spot-throated hummingbird









































bullet::::- olive-spotted hummingbird









































bullet::::- many-spotted hummingbird









































bullet::::- white-bellied hummingbird









































bullet::::- green-and-white hummingbird









































bullet::::- cinnamon hummingbird









































bullet::::- buff-bellied hummingbird









































bullet::::- rufous-tailed hummingbird









































bullet::::- chestnut-bellied hummingbird









































bullet::::- amazilia hummingbird
list of birds by common name