Hummingbirds or also known as hummingbird is one of the smallest bird species in the world. Of the genus is one of them given the title as the smallest bird in the world, the Hummingbird Bees that only has a size of only 6 centimeters.
There are many interesting facts about this type of bird.
20 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE SMALL BIRDS IN THE WORLD
1) THE NAME IS RELATING TO THE WING
Hummingbirds or birds are buzzing, is because the sounds are heard as they fly like a hum of a bee (humming = buzzing).
2) TAKE WING 200 TIMES PER SECOND
The sound is produced from the wings flutter very quickly. The smallest bird in the world is recorded flapping the wings as much as 200 times every second. This means that in a minute, a hummingbird wings its wings 12,000 times.
3) HEART TAKES 1260 TIMES EVERY MINUTE
With that many wingspan, this bird needs a lot of energy and a very fast metabolism. Otherwise there will not be enough energy for him to move.
This need is obtained from the heart of one of them capable of beating 1260 times every minute. This number is almost 15 times the normal human heart rate. Even at rest, his heartbeat is still 250 times per minute
4) THE FOOD OF NEKTAR (MONEY FLOWER)
Unlike most birds that eat worms or other small animals, hummingbird is like a bee. They suck honey as food.
5) WEEK IN 1000 INTEREST ONE DAY
The enormous energy demand for its movement makes it the smallest bird in the world to be greedy in eating.
They visit 1000 flowers every day to suck honey.
6) COULD NOT SMILE
As a flower lover, the wonder of this bird can not find flowers because it smells. Hummingbird is known to have no sense of smell and can not smell the target interest.
He does it another way.
7) HAVE A STRONG ADVANCE AND MEMORY
The hummingbird found interest using his very sharp eyesight. Even his eyes can see the spectrum of light in the ultraviolet which means beyond the ability of the human eye or other animals.
His eyes can distinguish the different colors of the bright flowers from the surrounding colors. The data is then stored in its sharp memory allowing it to return to the same place multiple times.
8) USE THE NETS OF PROFITS TO MAKE A NESTS
The smallest bird nest in the world is usually made of leaves. Uniquely to paste these materials they use the cobwebs as glue.
As a result, this bird's nest is usually supple and strong.
9) LONGER MORE THAN COMPARED MOST BIRDS
It is known that the amount of Hummingbird or Hummingbird's hair is 1000-1500 pieces less than most birds in the world.
10) ABLE TO CALL 5000 CILOMETER DISTANCE
Like most birds, Hummingbird also migrates. It is due to weather changes and with the aim of finding the source of its food, the flower.
For that they must fly far enough to find the area where the interest is available. The longest distance ever recorded by some hummingbird species is from Mexico to Canada which is almost 5000 kilometers away.
11) MIGRATE YOURSELF
Unlike other swans or birds, these birds migrate not in groups. Each bird does it alone.
This is done so that they can fly faster and avoid predators.
12) CAN LIVE FOR 12 YEARS
History records that the smallest bird in the world can live for up to 10 years. However, a Broad-Tailed Hummingbird was caught in 1976 and then released back in 1987 meaning that at least the bird has lived for 12 years.
13) A VERY SWEATING STABLE
One of the Hummingbird species, Anna's Hummingbird performs a unique ritual to attract her partner.
It will fly up to 40-50 meters and then swoop down to earth at a terrible speed. The bird is able to swoop in speeds of 29 meters per second or nearly 1.8 kilometers per minute.
14) THE MOUNTAINS HURT WHEN HEARING
Anna's Hummingbird attracts her future partner not only with her terrifying dice, but also from the sound it generates when she dives.
15) HAVE HAVE TUBES
His tongue can be said to be abnormal because inside it is a tube that he uses to channel the honey / nectar he smokes from flowers
16) CAN BE FLY BACK
Birds can indeed fly towards the front, but only one has retreat gear, hummingbird is the bird.
In fact, this bird species is the only one that can fly backwards.
17) SUGAR PECANDU
This bird is famous as a sugar addict obtained from the sucked nectar. Its metablism is capable of converting 97% sucrose into energy.
So, even though he smokes nectar from 1000 sweet flowers, there is no diabetic term in their dictionary.
18) HAVE NO VERY MERDU
In contrast to many other bird species that have a good sound in the hearing, the smallest bird in the world is not famous for having a melodious voice.
Some types of hummingbird make a squeaky noise that to the human ear is not good to hear.
19) CONTENTS 325 HUMMINGBIRD SPESIES
In the world, this bird habitat is found only in the Americas, especially in South America. There are 325 Hummingbird species where Hummingbird Bees is the smallest of them.
20) CAN NOT WALK
This bird has weak legs that can not be used for walking. This is presumably because the movement does not require a lot of leg movement, therefore the structure and strength of the legs weakened and can not be used as a general.
The activity undertaken by these birds is to feed from flower to flower and then digest it. Everything does not require foot movement.
Those are 20 interesting facts about the world's smallest bird, Hummingbird / Hummingbird.
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