Birds
Hummingbird
Mellisuga helenae
About
The bee hummingbird of Cuba is the smallest bird in the world at just 5.5 cm long and 1.8 grams. Its eggs are proportionally tiny — about the size of a coffee bean.
Their Eggs
The smallest bird eggs in existence: white, oval, about the size of a coffee bean, weighing approximately 0.3 grams.
Egg Size Comparison
Fun Fact
A bee hummingbird egg weighs about 0.3 grams — less than a paperclip. You could fit about 4,700 bee hummingbird eggs inside a single ostrich egg.