Nowadays, many edited and unedited photos come with false or misleading claims. Here, we found another picture with a misleading claim, which many of the social media users had misinterpreted.
Social Media Claims
A picture was widely shared over the internet with the claim that this is a “Bee Hummingbird,” the world’s smallest bird.
A Facebook user shared a post with a caption. “So cute. The Bee hummingbird. The smallest bird in the world.” The post was shared over 500 times, not to mention that this picture was reposted widely too.
As the photo appears to be widely shared and people might need clarification, we looked into it and found that the bird in the picture is not real. Instead, it was one of the miniature figurines made by the artist named Malinik Miniatures.
Fact-Checking
We began the investigation using the Reverse Image search feature, leading us to the artist’s Facebook page, which had posted this image under the caption “Little Robin landed on my hand.”
According to the artist’s caption, this figurine is a Robin, not a Bee Hummingbird. And from the result we found, the figurine appears to be an American Robin.
(Picture of an American Robin by Joshua Covill)
We noticed that the artist Manlinik Miniatures has created miniature figurines of various animals, including many small bird species.
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Moreover, we also looked into the fact about the real world’s smallest bird. Here’s the actual Bee Hummingbird. According to Audubon, its size is about two and a quarter inches long. So although this bird is tiny, it is not as small as the figurine mentioned above. Moreover, the colors are different from the claimed picture too.
(Picture of a Bee Hummingbird by Patty McGann)
Conclusion
The above picture shared on social media, claiming it’s the world’s smallest bird, is FALSE. The bird in the picture is a miniature figurine of a Robin bird crafted by Malinik Miniatures.
Title:The viral picture on social media of a tiny bird IS NOT the world’s smallest bird
Fact Check By: Fact Crescendo TeamResult: False
