Order
Caprimulgiformes
Family
Trochilidae
Genus
Mellisuga
 
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SPECIES

Vervain Hummingbird Mellisuga minima

Christopher J. Clark
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2009

References

Introduction

BirdLife International (2008) Species factsheet: Mellisuga minima. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 13/1/2009

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Christy, C. 1897. Field-notes on the birds of island of San Domingo. Ibis 39:317-343.

Clark, C. J. 2006. Observations on the Vervain Hummingbird's (Mellisuga minima) display dive and territorial behavior. Ornitologia Neotropical 17: 403-408.

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Gould, J. 1861. A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Humming-Birds. London, John Gould.

Griswold, O. 1960. Second smallest bird in the world: Vervain hummingbird. Animal Kingdom 63: 151-153.

Haley, M. 2006. Lenth and asymmetry in naturally and sexually selected bilateral traits in Mellisuga hummingbirds. Caribbean Journal of Science 42: 144-146.

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Miller, M. 1969. The humming-bird's nest. Gosse Bird Club Broadsheet 13: 4-5.

Paterson, S. E. 1973. Observations of a Vervain Hummingbird's Nest. Gosse Bird Club Broadsheet21:9-10.

Pearson, B. 1971. Diary of the breeding of Vervain Hummingbirds. Gosse Bird Club Broadsheet 17: 13-14.

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Pomeroy, K. 1970. Some observations on the Vervain and her young. Gosse Bird Club Broadsheet 14: 18.

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Smith, R. W. 1967. Flight display of the vervain hummingbird. Gosse Bird Club Broadsheet 8: 12-13.

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Recommended Citation

Clark, C. J. (2009). Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima), version 1.0. In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/nb.verhum1.01