Hummingbirds prefer red, orange, and pink flowers because these colors often signal rich nectar sources!
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Facts About Hummingbirds
Conservation & Population
There are about 28 species of hummingbirds considered threatened or endangered!
The main threats to hummingbirds are habitat loss and climate change!
Planting native flowering plants in gardens helps provide food for local hummingbird populations!
Fun and Unique Facts
The average hummingbird takes about 250 breaths per minute while resting!
A hummingbird’s heart is proportionally the largest of all animals, taking up about 2.5% of its body weight!
Some hummingbirds gain 25-40% of their body weight before starting their migration journey!
The Ruby-throated Hummingbird can fly non-stop for up to 20 hours during migration!
Hummingbirds use the position of the sun to navigate during migration!
The smallest hummingbird species don’t migrate at all and stay in tropical areas year-round!
A hummingbird’s nest is about the size of a quarter, but stretches as the babies grow!
The fastest recorded wing beats of a hummingbird reached 80 beats per second!
A hummingbird’s egg is smaller than a jelly bean!
The space between a hummingbird’s eyes is about the width of a pencil lead!
The average hummingbird’s brain is smaller than a grain of rice but remembers thousands of flowers!
A hummingbird’s nest is so tiny that it could fit inside a ping pong ball with room to spare!
If humans had the same energy needs as hummingbirds, we would need to eat every 10 minutes all day long!
The Sword-billed Hummingbird has the longest bill relative to body size of any bird – it’s longer than the bird’s body!
The Giant Hummingbird of South America is as big as a sparrow and can weigh up to 24 grams!
The smallest nest ever found was built by a Bee Hummingbird and measured just 2.5 centimeters across!
The longest recorded lifespan of a wild hummingbird was 12 years and 2 months!
The highest flying hummingbird was spotted at 17,100 feet (5 kilometers) in the Andes Mountains!
Some hummingbirds build their nests near hawk nests for protection from other predators!
Ancient Aztecs decorated their warrior clothing with sparkling hummingbird feathers!
The first commercially available hummingbird feeder was introduced by Laurence J. Webster in 1950.
Native Americans believed hummingbirds brought messages from spirits!
The word “hummingbird” comes from the humming sound their wings make in flight!
A hummingbird’s wings rotate in a complete circle, allowing them to fly in any direction!
