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8 de abr. de 2021 · Dig into the incredible fighting, feeding, and flying capabilities of hummingbirds. -- In just a matter of seconds, hummingbirds can perform astonishing aerial acrobatics, eat lunch in midair...
A flash of green and red, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is eastern North America’s sole breeding hummingbird. These brilliant, tiny, precision-flying creatures glitter like jewels in the full sun, then vanish with a zip toward the next nectar source.
Hummingbirds will glean these tiny protein bundles from bark and leaves, or simply in midair—a technique known as hawking. In fact, scientists studying one hummingbird found that she ate nothing but arthropods for two weeks!
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae. With approximately 366 species and 113 genera, they occur from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, but most species are found in Central and South America.
Browse Species in This Family. <p>A flash of green and red, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird is eastern North America’s sole breeding hummingbird. These brilliant, tiny, precision-flying creatures glitter like jewels in the full sun, then vanish with a zip toward the next nectar source.
In just a matter of seconds, hummingbirds can perform astonishing aerial acrobatics, eat lunch in midair, pollinate a flower, even escape threats while upside-down. And they can do this all while achieving sustained hovering flight— an aerial feat no other bird can perform. How do they do it?
Hummingbirds are small (weighing 2 to 20 grams), with long, narrow bills and small, saber-like wings. Males (and occasionally females) often have a colorful gorget—small, stiff, highly reflective, colored feathers on the throat and upper chest.
