Photo by Barry Wallace
The IOU (International Ornithologists Union) says there are 366 species of hummingbirds in the world, mostly south of the United States of America, and only in the Western Hemisphere.
The Bee Hummingbird is the smallest bird in the world and is found in Cuba and The Isle of Pines. It is 2.24 inches (5.7 cm) long.
The Giant Hummingbird is the world's largest hummingbird at about 9 inches (23 cm) and is found in Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Argentina and Bolivia. There are actually two types of Giant Hummingbird: the Northern Giant Hummingbird and the Southern Giant Hummingbird. The 'Northern' one is the slightly larger of the two.
What is the rarest 'hummer' in the world? It is the Iridescent Sabrewing, found in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Mountains of northern Columbia and it has an extremely limited range.
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BarrytheBirder
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