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A Hummingbird is undoubtedly a vertebrate. It is the smallest living bird on Earth. Being a vertebrate, it also belongs to kingdom Animalia and class aves.

A humming bird MOTH, on the other hand, is NOT a bird; it is an insect and an invertebrate. There are actually two types of moths that get referred to as "hummingbird moth": 1) The Clearwing Moth (Scientic Name-Hemaris thysbe), and 2) White-lined Sphinx (Hyles lineata).

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Hummingbird moths, also known as Hummingbird hawk moths, are insects, and all insects are invertebrates. They have an exoskeleton, with no backbone or spinal cord. They belong to the Phylum Arthropoda, which includes organisms such as insects, Spiders, centipedes and millipedes, and crustaceans.

Vertebrates include only some members of the Phylum Chordata: specifically, mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.

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