Just wondering? I think I have had the same one here for about 4 years!
2006-06-07 21:33:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Birds
Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Apodiformes
Family: Trochili
Subfamilies: Phaethornithinae (hermit hummingbirds) and Trochilinae (typical hummingbirds)
Genus: there are at least 102 known hummingbird genera
Species: there are at least 328 known hummingbird species
Length: largest—giant hummingbird Patagona gigas 8.6 inches (22 centimeters), with tail streamers, up to 13.7 inches (35 centimeters); smallest—bee hummingbird Mellisuga helenae 2 inches (5 centimeters)
Weight: 0.06 to 0.8 ounces (1.6 to 23 grams)
Life span: 6 to 12 years
Number of eggs laid: usually 2, sometimes 1
Size of eggs: 0.3 x 0.43 inches to 0.5 x 0.8 inches (8 x 11 millimeters to 12 x 20 millimeters)
Incubation: 14 to 23 days
Age of maturity: 2 months to 1 year
Conservation status: 9 species are at critical risk, including Honduran emerald hummingbird Amazilia luciae, turquoise-throated puffleg Eriocnemis godini, and sapphire-bellied hummingbird Lepidopyga lilliae
Fun facts
• Hummingbirds like to take baths several times a day! They bathe by splashing in shallow water or sitting near a waterfall or a sprinkler and letting the spray fall on them. A few even dive in and out of water and then shake their feathers and preen themselves with their bills and claws.
• One of the fastest birds is the green violet-ear hummingbird Colibri thalassinus. It can fly up to 93 miles per hour (150 kilometers per hour) for short distances!
• Hummingbirds are so quick that they can easily escape predators like snakes, falcons, jays, toucans, and cats, unless they are taken by surprise.
2006-06-07 21:55:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's not a lot of data to work with, but most experts think the average lifespan of a hummingbird is 3 or 4 years. The record was a female Broad-tailed, banded as an adult in Colorado in 1976, then recaptured in the same location in 1987, which would have made her at least 12 years old.
2006-06-08 05:10:58 · answer #2 · answered by tezinfotech 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they can live a long life. I have seen mine again each year and I think they are the same ones because I do not have too many and the few seem to come back. Not sure though. I love those birds.
2006-06-07 21:47:31 · answer #3 · answered by just julie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
3 years on a average....
2006-06-07 23:13:14 · answer #4 · answered by anand p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but sure do love them.
2006-06-07 21:37:31 · answer #5 · answered by grannywinkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋