Thursday, May 18, 2017

The 10 Smallest Birds in the World

10. Crimson Chat

Length: 10 - 13 cm
Weight: 10 - 11 g
Birds common in Australia. They make an aggressive high-pitched sound and do not fit their name.

9. Tropical Parula

Length: app. 11 cm
Weight: app. 3 g
Also called olive-backed warbler. Their habitat is the oak forest, where they build a very distinctive nest that looks like a pendant cup. The nest is built about 3.5-9 m above the ground

8. Bananaquit

Length: 7.5 - 12 cm
Weight: 5.5-19 g
This bird is a thief because they go inside the house to 'steal' the sugar. Hence it is also known as the 'bird of sugar' This bird spends quite a bit of time to care for its fur, and this bird is a very friendly bird.

Goldfinch

Length: 10 - 11 cm
Weight: app. 9.5 g
The most widely known among goldfinches are American goldfinch, goldfinch europe, Lawrence and Lesser. Goldfinch Lesser is the smallest among goldfinches. Its wingspan is about 21-25 cm.

6. Brown Gerygone

Length: 9 - 11 cm
Weight: 5-6 g
This bird is also referred to as a brown warbler. Gerygone means the birth of a song. This bird is found in Southeast Asia.

Goldcrest

Length: 8 - 9 cm
Weight: 5 - 7 g
This is the smallest bird from Europe. Although small, this bird can travel non-stop more than 500 km.Burung is also called a pilot woodcock

4. Golden Headed Cisticole

Length: 10 cm
Weight: 10 g
Also known as tailor birds for its ability to 'sew' leaves leaf when preparing its nest.

3. Pardolates

Length: 9 - 11 cm
Weight: 8 - 11 g
This is a beautiful little bird. Because of the gorgeous spotted on the crown and its wings, the spotted paradolate is also known as the 'diamond bird'. The Eucalyptus tree is his favorite place to nest.

2. Weebill

Length: 8 - 9 cm
Weight: 6 g
Weebill is often viewed as the smallest among Australian birds. This bird moves fast and is very energetic. They spend most of their time in the trees looking for insects.

1. Bee Hummingbird

Length: 5.5 cm
Weight: 1.6-1.8 g
This is the world's smallest bird. Which is about 5.5cm in length and weighs about 1.6 to 1.8g. But the biggest among Hummingbird is Giant Hummingbird which measures 23 cm and weighs 18-20g. Male birds are slightly smaller than females. This bird's egg is also the smallest bird's egg among all the birds that is even smaller than the coffee beans.


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