Information about Bee Hummingbird
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Description
The male has the pileum and fiery red throat, the iridescent gorget with elongated lateral plumes, bluish upperparts, and the rest of the underparts mostly greyish white. The female is green above, whitish below with white tips to the outer tail feathers. More apt to be mistaken for a bee than a bird because of the size, the bird is not a mimic.Female bee hummingbirds are bluish green with a pale gray underside. The tips of their tailfeathers have white spots. Breeding males have a pink to red head, chin, and throat. Non-breeding males look like females, except that their wingtips have blue spots.
Facts
The bee hummingbird may be the world's smallest warm-blooded vertebrate, rivaled only by the Etruscan Shrew and the Bumblebee Bat. When flying, its wings beat 80 times per second, up to 200 times per second during courtship displays. Its heart rate is the second fastest of all animals. Bee hummingbirds also have the fewest feathers of all birds. Their body temperature is 40 °C (104 °F), the highest of all birds. At night, their body temperature drops down 19 °C (66 °F) to save energy. Bee hummingbirds eat half their total body mass and drink 8 times their total body mass in water each day. The bee hummingbird can be found in woodland, shrubbery, and gardens in Cuba and the Isle of Pines. Its nest is only 3 cm across. The bee hummingbird's diet consists mainly of nectar and insects.References
- BirdLife International (2004). Mellisuga helenae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 10 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is near threatened
External links
- Bee Hummingbird videos on the Internet Bird Collection
- Bee Hummingbird videos on the www.birdingcuba.com
- Bee Hummingbird photo gallery VIREO
- Article with synopsis (with photos); Photo
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Near Threatened (NT) is a conservation status assigned to species or lower taxa which may be considered threatened with extinction in the near future, although it does not currently qualify for the threatened status.
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Chordata
Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Bateson, 1885
Typical Classes
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Chordates (phylum Chordata) are a group of animals that includes the vertebrates, together with several closely related invertebrates.
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Trochilidae
Vigors, 1825
Subfamilies
Phaethornithinae
Trochilinae
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Vigors, 1825
Subfamilies
Phaethornithinae
Trochilinae
For a taxonomic list of genera, see:
- List of hummingbirds in taxonomic order
- Alphabetic species list
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Trochilidae
Vigors, 1825
Subfamilies
Phaethornithinae
Trochilinae
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Vigors, 1825
Subfamilies
Phaethornithinae
Trochilinae
For a taxonomic list of genera, see:
- List of hummingbirds in taxonomic order
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Mellisuga
Mellisuga is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It contains the following species:
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Mellisuga is a genus of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It contains the following species:
- Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima)
- Bee Hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae)
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binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is also called binominal nomenclature (particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification system.
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Juan Lembeye (1816 - 1889), was a Spanish naturalist.
Lembeye was the author of Aves de la Isla de Cuba (1850), the only book of bird illustrations to be published in Cuba.
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Lembeye was the author of Aves de la Isla de Cuba (1850), the only book of bird illustrations to be published in Cuba.
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18th century - 19th century - 20th century
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1847 1848 1849 - 1850 - 1851 1852 1853
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Trochilidae
Vigors, 1825
Subfamilies
Phaethornithinae
Trochilinae
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Vigors, 1825
Subfamilies
Phaethornithinae
Trochilinae
For a taxonomic list of genera, see:
- List of hummingbirds in taxonomic order
- Alphabetic species list
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Aves
Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Linnaeus, 1758
Orders
About two dozen - see section below
Birds (class Aves) are bipedal, warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrate animals.
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Motto
Patria y Libertad (Spanish)
"Patriotism and Liberty" a
Anthem
La Bayamesa
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Patria y Libertad (Spanish)
"Patriotism and Liberty" a
Anthem
La Bayamesa
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Isla de la Juventud
Country | Cuba
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Location of Isla de la Juventud in Cuba
Country | Cuba
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A gorget originally was a steel collar designed to protect the throat. It was a feature of older types of armor and intended to protect against swords and other non-projectile weapons.
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MIMIC, known in capitalized form only, is a former simulation computer language developed 1964 by H. E. Petersen, F. J. Sansom and L. M. Warshawsky at the Wright-Patterson AFB in Dayton, Ohio, USA.
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Warm-blooded animals maintain thermal homeostasis; that is, they keep their body temperature at a constant level. This involves the ability to cool down or produce more body heat. Warm-blooded animals mainly control their body temperature by regulating their metabolic rates (e.g.
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Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812
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Vertebrates are members of the subphylum Vertebrata (within the phylum Chordata), specifically, those chordates with backbones or spinal columns.
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Vertebrates are members of the subphylum Vertebrata (within the phylum Chordata), specifically, those chordates with backbones or spinal columns.
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S. etruscus
Binomial name
Suncus etruscus
(Savi, 1822)
The Etruscan Shrew (Suncus etruscus) , also known as the Etruscan Pygmy Shrew or the White-toothed Pygmy Shrew
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Binomial name
Suncus etruscus
(Savi, 1822)
The Etruscan Shrew (Suncus etruscus) , also known as the Etruscan Pygmy Shrew or the White-toothed Pygmy Shrew
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Craseonycteridae
Genus: Craseonycteris
Species: C. thonglongyai
Binomial name
Craseonycteris thonglongyai
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Genus: Craseonycteris
Species: C. thonglongyai
Binomial name
Craseonycteris thonglongyai
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Feathers are one of the epidermal growths that form the distinctive outer covering, or plumage, on birds. They are the outstanding characteristic that distinguishes the Class Aves from all other living groups. Other Theropoda also had feathers (see Feathered dinosaurs).
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