Hummingbirds

Vervain Hummingbird

Mellisuga minima

The Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima) is a 2.4 g town and farmland bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

2.4 g

Habitat

Human Modified

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

3

Recorded in Dominican Rep., Jamaica, Haiti.

Where to see it: US Embassy (Haiti); Casa Jardín Nativo, Abreu, Cabrera (Dominican Republic); Jardín Botánico Nacional (Dominican Republic); Hope Botanical Gardens (Jamaica); Rabo de Gato (Dominican Republic).

Photo: (c) Sandra Keller, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist