What species is the smallest living bird in the world? What circumstances limit the bird size from the bottom?
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1$\begingroup$ There are definitely two questions here, and the question in the title and first part of the body should really be flagged for closure - it's easily googled - but the second is interesting and on-scope. Do you think you could edit it to the second part only? $\endgroup$– arboviralMay 31 '18 at 11:09
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1$\begingroup$ this paper may interest you. minimum size may be related to maintaining their body temprature. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/282753 $\endgroup$– JohnMay 31 '18 at 16:14
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$\begingroup$ Related posts: biology.stackexchange.com/questions/21541, biology.stackexchange.com/a/66659 $\endgroup$– vkehayasJun 1 '18 at 9:58
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The smallest bird in the world is the bee hummingbird.
I think the minimum size is only limited by the size of organs. I mean that certain organs need to have a minimum size to maintain their function in the organism.
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$\begingroup$ It is unclear to me how the "Wall effect" that you link under "organism" is relevant to your point. Is that an error? $\endgroup$– vkehayasMay 31 '18 at 13:03
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$\begingroup$ The answered was probably thinking of something more like this, mrothery.co.uk/exchange/allkeynotesas.htm, but that is more of a limit on maximum size rather than minimum size. $\endgroup$ May 31 '18 at 13:23
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$\begingroup$ @vkehayas yeah it is not much related to this topic. I quite misuse that it. $\endgroup$– L.DiagoMay 31 '18 at 13:37
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