Short-tailed woodstar (Myrmia micrura)

The short-tailed woodstar is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.
It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland where it is the only hummingbird of the woodstar variety. It usually feeds close to the ground and often is attracted to flowers planted around houses.

At 7 cm , it ties with the gorgeted woodstar as the smallest bird found in South America, though the little woodstar is scarcely longer. This bird is pale.. more