White-Necked Jacobin (<em>Florisuga mellivora</em>) (IMAGE)

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Science

White-Necked Jacobin (<em>Florisuga mellivora</em>)

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This is a white-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora). Hummingbirds have the highest metabolic rate among all vertebrates, with a heart rate above 1,200 beats per minute, allowing them to hover in front of the flowers while beating their wings up to 200 times every second.

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Jesper Sonne

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