Apodiformes

7 species.

Weighs less than a nickel. Heart beats 1,200 times per minute. Only bird that flies backwa...

Eat, mate, sleep, and collect nesting material while flying. Young may not land for 2-3 ye...

The smallest bird on Earth, smaller than many of the insects it shares flowers with. Weigh...

The only bird with a bill longer than its body, shaped for flowers with equally long corol...

The largest hummingbird, over ten times heavier than the Bee Hummingbird. Wings beat far m...

Almost never lands, even sleeping and bathing on the wing. Cannot perch upright, so clings...

Reputedly the fastest bird in level flight, clocked near 112 km/h. Spends nearly its entir...