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HUMMINGBIRD FACTS

Hello friends, in this post you will get detail information and interesting vivid facts about one of the Amazing bird in this beautiful world Any Guess, it is no other than “HUMMING BIRD”. Stay tuned and Enjoy Reading.

15 interesting fact about “HUMMING BIRD”.

*Absence of Smell:

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Guys “Humming bird” do not have sense of smell isn’t it quite interesting. But due its clear vision and ability to recognize colour it feed itself.

Usually “humming birds” gets attract towards red flower. Hence in spite of lacking ability of smell it is unique one.

*Backward Lying Technique:

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“Humming birds” are the only birds that have ability to fly in Backward Direction.

This is because the speed of movement of wings are very fast, The speed by which a “Humming Bird” can fly backward direction changes or Varies depending on the size of The bird.

*Origin of Name Humming Bird:

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Humming Birds are the unique birds in this beautiful world.

The name humming bird it gets from its humming sound or noise made by it due to fast beat of wings, if you listen humming birds When zipping from one flower to another it makes sound like series of ‘fast chirps’.

*Weight of Humming bird:

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The Weight of “Humming birds” are very less compared to any other birds in this world.

Guys the average weight of humming birds are around 1.5gm but it varies depending upon the species.

1. Ruby-Throated humming bird: 3.1gm

2. Bee Humming bird: 1.6-2gm

3. Anna’s Humming bird: 4-4.5gm

4. Black-Chinned Humming bird: 3gm

Friends for us the Weight difference is not more but with respect to humming birds these Weight matters a lot.

*Presence of Largest Brain:

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Humming birds weight is very less as compared to other birds.

But if we see scientifically then brain makes up 4.2% of their body weight, Due to this unexpected reason humming birds have largest Brain in the wild bird group.

*Amazing Heartbeat:

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Guys, you all will be shocked but its true that the average heart rate of “Humming bird” is 2000bpm (beats per minute) During flying.

After that it drop down to 250bpm in steady state, Friends let us compare in human the average rate is 80-100 bpm its really amazing fact.

*Eats a Lot:

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“Humming birds” are good eaters it is surprising that they eat half of their body weight.

The food of “Humming bird” includes nectar from flowers, small insects, ants, mosquitoes etc.

Humming birds visit average 1000 flowers every day to suck nectars.

*W shaped Tongue:

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Friends “Humming bird” tongue is grooved like the shape of ‘W’.

There is presence of very tiny hairs on the tip of the tongue it helps to lap up nectars, The size of tongue is twice compared to beak.

*Humming Bird Size:

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Humming birds are the tiniest birds in the world, generally it is observed that Size of female “Humming bird” is greater than male Humming bird.

Humming birds has Average size of 8.5cm long measured from tip of beak to the tip of tail, an average size Humming bird have approximately 940 feathers.

*Life Span:

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Humming birds have an average lifespan of 5-6 years, Humming birds can live for more than 10 years.

Friends the oldest Known Hummingbird was a Broad-Tailed Humming bird that lived 12 years.

Guys its very sad that most of Humming birds die in the first year of life span.

*Humming bird Hibernation:

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Friends Generally When “Humming birds sleep at night they go in the Hibernation state called as ‘torpor’.

The main reason for going in hibernation like state is to conserve energy, during the state of torpor the neck is retracted and feathers are fluffed out. Torpor can be fatal to weak Humming birds.

During torpor State the temperature of humming bird reduces to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, the heart rate of “Humming birds” drop to 50bpm during ‘Torpor’ condition.

Generally, it takes an hour to recover from “Torpor Condition”.

*Excellent Memory:

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Guys, we all are familiar that Humans have good memory but humming birds too are quite good in memory.

They remember all flowers and feeders as well as how long time will be required to refill Hence Humming birds have good memory.

*Upside-Down Sleep:

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Guys we generally sleep flat on surface or bed can you imagine sleeping “Upside down” isn’t it really interesting.

Humming birds sleep upside down swinging on the branches, friends if you see Humming birds sleeping upside down actually they are dead i.e in ‘Torpor state’.

*Great Migration Ability:

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Friends though “Humming Birds” are the smallest birds but they travel longer distance during migration.

Actually, they travel Before starting for migration Humming birds gain 25-40% of weight in order to complete migration.

“Humming birds” generally fly alone and often follow same path which they travelled before in their life.

*Best Quality Vision:

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Humming birds have great vision, It is capable of seeing U.V(ultraviolet light) light along with every other colors that we all can see.

Humming birds have 3 set of eyelids, the nictitating membranes acts like natural membranes goggles during fly.

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