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| Bee Hummingbird |
DID YOU KNOW THAT . . . At 5 cm long and 2 gm in weight, the smallest bird in the world is none other than the Bee Hummingbird? Found mainly in Cuba, it also holds the record for the smallest egg in the world. Like all hummingbirds they can fly not only forwards but also backwards, up, down, and even just hover. They have the ability to beat their wings at up to 80 times per second, so fast that humans can only see the wings moving as a faint blur. Their tiny size and amazing flying skills allow them to move from flower to another collecting nectar and hunt even small insects. In fact, they are so good at flying (some as many as 1,500 flowers a day) that they do not even walk anymore and only use their feet for perching.
Photo credit: personal.psu.edu
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