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Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) adult male in flight cropped🐦

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SpeciesApodiformesTrochilidae
Birds

🐦Bee hummingbird

Mellisuga helenae (Lembeye, 1850)

吸蜜蜂鳥（學名：Mellisuga helenae）是古巴及青年島的蜂鳥特有種。它們約重1.8公克及長5公分，是世界上已知體型最小的鳥類和獸腳亞目恐龍，而目前尚未發現體型小於吸蜜蜂鳥的非鳥恐龍化石。

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Mellisuga helenae
Conservation status
NTNear threatened

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendDecreasing
Key measurements
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0 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
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Top speed
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Maximum lifespan
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Tail length
0.02 m
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Wing length
0.03 m
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Beak length
0.01 m
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Trophic level
Herbivore
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Habitat
Forest
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Lifestyle
Aerial
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Bee hummingbird yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderApodiformes
  5. ›familyTrochilidae
  6. ›genusMellisuga
  7. ›speciesMellisuga helenae
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. orderApodiformes
  3. familyTrochilidae
  4. genusMellisuga
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderApodiformes
  11. familyTrochilidae
  12. genusMellisuga
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colibrí de Helen (ca), kalypta nejmenší (cs), Bikolibri (da), Mellisuga helenae (de), Mellisuga helenae (es), kimalaiskolibri (fi) … and 22 more languages
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