Fun Magnificent Hummingbird Facts For Kids
How fascinating it is to see a hummingbird buzzing from flower to flower! These wonderful creatures are known for their agile mobility, their rapid wing flaps, and their sudden change in direction while flying. In this very article, we shall learn about a hummingbird that is both magnificent and adorable.
The magnificent hummingbird is the common name of Rivoli's hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens). This purple-violet crown bird inhabits humid woodlands, mountains, and oak forests in the United States.
They are multi-colored in nature. The dorsal body of these birds is dark bronze-green colored with a long black bill and tail. Male birds have a dark ventral body, while female birds have an ash-colored ventral body.
They weigh around 0.2-0.4 oz (6-10 g) and are 4.3-5.5 in (11-14 cm) long. Males are comparatively larger than females and these hummingbirds generally possess calm behavior until they have trespassers in their territory.
Further in this article, we shall be discussing more interesting and fun facts about this amazing hummingbird. If you like reading bird facts, then do visit our cockatoo facts and bird of paradise facts.