Vervain hummingbird | |
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In Jamaica | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Genus: | Mellisuga |
Species: | M. minima
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Binomial name | |
Mellisuga minima | |
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Synonyms | |
Trochilus minimus Linnaeus, 1758 |
The vervain hummingbird (Mellisuga minima) is a species of hummingbird in tribe Mellisugini of subfamily Trochilinae, the "bee hummingbirds". It is found on Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti) and Jamaica.[3][4]