write a brief autobiography of a hummingbird
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Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and constituting the biological family Trochilidae. They are the smallest of birds, most species measuring 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) in length. The smallest extant hummingbird species is the 5 cm (2.0 in) bee hummingbird, which weighs less than 2.0 g (0.07 oz). The largest hummingbird species is the 23 cm (9.1 in) giant hummingbird, weighing 18–24 g (0.63–0.85 oz).They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings, which flap at high frequencies audible to humans. They hover in mid-air at rapid wing-flapping rates, which vary from around 12 beats per second in the largest species, to in excess of 80 in some of the smallest. Of those species that have been measured in wind tunnels, their top speeds exceed 15 m/s (54 km/h; 34 mph) and some species can dive at speeds in excess of 22 m/s (79 km/h; 49 mph).
Hummingbirds have the highest mass-specific metabolic rate of any homeothermic animal.[3] To conserve energy when food is scarce and nightly when not foraging, they can go into torpor, a state similar to hibernation, and slow their metabolic rate to 1/15 of its normal rate.Hummingbirds are the smallest birds in the world. They are extremely tiny birds weighing, roughly two to twenty grams. The females are larger than the males. According to World Of Hummingbirds.com the smallest hummingbird species in the world is the Cuban Bee Hummingbird, it measures five to six cm in length and weighs a mere two- two and a half grams. In the U.S., most species are three to three and a half inches in length.
Even though they are the smallest birds in the world, they have the fastest wings beats of any other bird. Hummingbirds beat their wings over one thousand times a minute. The rapid flapping of the wings makes a humming noise, which is where their name comes from. They can fly an average of twenty-five to thirty…show more content…
They fly with their bodies held upright, not flat like most birds. (Rock)
Hummingbirds have very high metabolisms and need to feed about every fifteen minutes. They must consume enormous amounts of nutrition each day for energy. Nectar or sugar water contributes to one hundred –two hundred percent of their body weight. They can easily visit up to two-thousand flowers a day. Nectar is not their only source of food; they also eat mosquitoes, flies, ants, small beetles, tiny wasps and other small insects. They are able to conserve energy when they are not looking for food by entering a hibernation-like state called torpor. They perch when they need to rest during the day and to sleep at night. Their feet are tiny and not well suited for walking but well designed for perching.
Hummingbird’s bills have a pronounced overlap, with the upper bill curving around and over the sides of the smaller lower bill. When they feed, their bill usually opens slightly, allowing their tongue to dart out and into the interior of flowers. Their tongues are long, which roll up into little a straw. They lap the nectar similar to the way cats lap.
Hummingbirds are most attracted to the color red and red flowers. If you have noticed most of their feeders have the color red on them somewhere.