Cuba has some unique endemic bird species, such as bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae). His posture is very small, even the smallest bird in the world. Despite his tiny body, the bee hummingbird turned out to have good guts with a loud voice.
Hummingbirds do have the smallest body size than any other bird species. Even more hummingbirds are the smallest bird species in the world.
Most hummingbirds have a body length of 7 - 13 cm, depending on the species. But the bee hummingbird, or in the local language called el zunzuncito, has only a body length of about 5 cm. In addition to including the smallest bird in the world, bees hummingbird eggs are also the smallest among other poultry eggs.
Although petite, bee hummingbirds have good guts, can even be very aggressive against other species of larger birds.
Birds from the Trochilidae family also have some uniqueness that can not be found in other birds. Uniqueness-uniqueness among others:
The weight of his body is lighter than the weight of a small coin.
Able to flap its wings up to 80 times per second, and able to fly hoovering and moving back and forth.
Able to fly for 24 hours without stopping.
During the breeding season, the wings flap up to 200 times / sec with a flying speed of 40 - 48 km / h.
This bird will eat and drink as much as 1/2 of its weight to meet its energy needs.
The sound of the hummingbirds' chirps is not much different from some other hummingbirds, which are sounds of shrieks and sharp-braids. But the sound is brought a little faster, so it can be used to provoke the sound of other birds chirping, such as honey-birds, pleci, cucak rivet, comedian kucak, and kemade.
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