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i don't know that people can always get a fair idea of the size of a birb in a picture but Woodstars are truly tiny...

Male Amethyst Woodstar

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As a point of reference for our European birders, the very common Broadtailed Hummingbird weighs in as low as 2.8 grams, and there are even smaller ones.

https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Broad-tailed_Hummingbird/id