The smallest bird on Earth, the hummingbird-bee, has a size of 5.7 cm and a weight of 1.6 grams. And the largest species of this bird, the gigantic hummingbird, corresponds to the size of a sparrow. It is the only bird in the world that can fly backwards.
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The sparrow, with its numerous family of the order Passeriformes, is one of the most common birds on the globe. These birds are characterized by small body sizes up to 18 cm, short legs, small beak and mostly gray tones of plumage.
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The nightingale is called a feathered singer for his extraordinary trills that can be enjoyed in spring and early summer. These inconspicuous birds, with a grayish-brown color and small sizes up to 17 cm, live in moist dense thickets, in the valleys of Europe and Western Asia.
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Goldfinch - a small songbird of the finch family lives in forests, parks, gardens of Europe, Asia, Africa. Numerous species of goldfinches come in a wide variety of colors. But all of them are distinguished by a feature - bright red spots on the front. These birds feed preferentially on the seeds of trees, which are obtained with the help of a strong, sharp beak.
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A small bird siskin up to 12 cm in length belongs to the genus of goldfinches and is found throughout Eurasia. Vivid greenish-yellow or olive-green birds live in coniferous forests and mountainous areas. They gather in flocks, carrying out joint searches for food, namely, small insects, seeds of trees and plants. Siskin nests are made from thin twigs using moss and skillfully hide them from prying eyes.
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Vireo belongs to the family of passerines and has a body size of 10 to 17 cm. This greenish-brown bird with strong legs and a beak lives in dense forests and bushes. She builds her cupped nests by hanging them from branches. The main diet of the vireo is insects and fruits. Most of these birds are found in the Americas.
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The canary, a small songbird up to 13 cm in length, is a common poultry that has been kept in captivity since the 16th century for its wonderful voice. In the wild, the habitats of these birds are dense forests and areas covered with thickets. The canary eats exclusively plant foods - tree seeds, fruits and berries, young shoots.
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The smallest bird of the titmouse family is the Muscovy. Its weight is about 9 g, and its body size is up to 7 cm. Moskovka is common on the Japanese islands and North-West Africa. She chooses old hollows of spruce trees as a place to live and feeds on larvae and various seeds.
Moskovka has a heterogeneous coloring - a dirty yellow abdomen, a black head, motley gray wings and sides, a dark back.
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Bluethroat is a small bird of the flycatcher family inhabiting almost the entire territory of Europe and Asia. Despite its small size up to 15 cm, this bird is capable of long wintering flights to warm countries. The body of the bluethroat is covered with grayish-brown and red, as well as blue-black plumage with a pronounced white spot in the area of the goiter. It lives in places with dense vegetation and moisture, near water bodies on the banks of which it builds its nests.
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The robin or robin belongs to the family of blackbirds of the passerine order. The long-legged bird, about 15 cm in size, moves by leaps and has a bright orange breast, dark gray back and white belly. It lives in thickets of damp forests near water bodies, where it builds nests in the grass or on stumps. For the winter, the robin flies to warm countries.
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Manakin, sea plover, yellow wagtail, munia, greenfinch, swallow, finch - this is not a complete list of small birds, the size of which does not exceed a passerine.
