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How long is a bee hummingbird?

An adult bee hummingbird has a total length of about 5.5 cm (2.17 in).

What is measured: adult body length from bill to tail

Bee hummingbird (5.5 cm) drawn to scale beside a large coin (2.4 cm) and a smartphone (14.7 cm)
Drawn to scale, from left to right: Large coin (2.4 cm), Bee hummingbird (5.5 cm) and Smartphone (14.7 cm).

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How big is that, really?

  • About 64% of the length of a credit card
  • About 2.3× the width of a large coin
  • As long as about 8 grains of rice end to end
  • About 2 would fit end to end along a smartphone
  • About 14% of the height of a bowling pin

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Facts about Bee hummingbird

The bee hummingbird is the world’s smallest bird, with males weighing roughly as much as a small paper clip.

Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Bee hummingbird; Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Bee Hummingbird

Nature

NameSizeCompared with Bee hummingbird
Gippsland giant earthworm2 cm (0.79 in)0.36×
Bargibant’s seahorse2.4 cm (0.94 in)0.44×
Blue dragon sea slug3 cm (1.18 in)0.55×
Garden snail3 cm (1.18 in)0.55×
Bee hummingbird5.5 cm (2.17 in)this page
Monarch butterfly9.5 cm (3.74 in)1.7×
Luna moth11.5 cm (4.53 in)2.1×
Venus flytrap15 cm (5.91 in)2.7×
Pygmy marmoset15 cm (5.91 in)2.7×
Common blue morpho15 cm (5.91 in)2.7×

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Which is bigger: Bee hummingbird or Monarch butterfly?

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