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At only 2¼ in (5.5 cm) long, the bee hummingbird can perch on the end of a pencil. The male bee hummingbird has a glossy pink head and throat and is even smaller than the female.
The bee hummingbird builds a cup-shaped nest about 1 in (2.5 cm) across from bits of cobwebs, bark, and lichen. Nests have been built on single clothes pins. The eggs are the size of peas. Great bustard Chicken Human Ostrich Today’s heaviest bird, the ostrich, can weigh nearly twice as much as an adult perso
FAST FACTS In contrast, the heaviest living bird that can fly is the great bustard. At 46 lb (20.9 kg), it weighs as much as a six-year-old boy. Elephant bird
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