Q 01/05
A) Africa
B) The Americas
C) Southeast Asia
D) Australia
Answer · why
They range from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego; the hummingbird-like birds of the Old World are unrelated look-alikes.
Q 02/05
A) About 75
B) About 1,200
C) About 3,000
D) About 375
Answer · why
That makes Trochilidae the third-largest bird family, after the tyrant flycatchers and the tanagers.
Q 03/05
A) The calliope hummingbird
B) The little woodstar
C) The bee hummingbird
D) The vervain hummingbird
Answer · why
About 5 to 6 cm long and under 2 grams, it lives only on Cuba, where it is called the zunzuncito.
Q 04/05
A) 17 to 31 grams
B) 70 to 100 grams
C) 5 to 8 grams
D) 150 grams
Answer · why
That is roughly twice the next-largest species; it has a 21.5 cm wingspan and a 23 cm body.
Q 05/05
A) Up to 99 beats per second
B) Up to 12 beats per second
C) Up to 500 beats per second
D) About 5 beats per second
Answer · why
The little woodstar holds the record; the largest species manage only about 12 a second.
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