Smallest and Largest Birds
The smallest bird in the world is the Bee Hummingbird, Mellisuga Helenae, is found in Cuba. It weighs approximately less than 2 grams—that is less than two paper clips! How teeny tinie. It is about 5 cm (2 inches) long—smaller than an average sized toothpick. This bird is so cute.
Bee Hummingbird -- Mellisuga Helenae
The largest bird in the world is the Ostrich and as it were it lays the largest eggs as well. The North African Ostrich is approximately 2.74 m (9 feet tall!!!) and weights in at about 154 kilograms (340 lbs!!!!) THAT would be a scary bird. Ostriches can run to 46 miles per hour too. This is not a bird to mess with.
Ostrich
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under Africa, Cuba, North African Ostrich, The biggest bird in the world, The smallest bird in the world, biggest bird, ostrich, smallest bird.
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