How many times per second does a hummingbird beat its wings?
Science medium Data from 2023
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The answer
70 beats per second
Hummingbirds beat their wings around 70 times a second, and their hearts run at over 1,200 beats a minute in flight. To sustain it they eat roughly half their body weight in sugar every day.
Where this number comes from
| Source | Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | beats per second |
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