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What is the only bird to have a beak longer than the rest of its body, excluding the tail?

Question #149305. Asked by pehinhota.
Last updated May 06 2023.
Originally posted May 06 2023 1:04 PM.

Lottie1001

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Lottie1001

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The sword-billed hummingbird from the Andes in South America has a beak of three to four inches, or eight to twelve centimetres.

https://www.audubon.org/news/10-wonderfully-weird-bird-beaks#:~:text=Sword%2Dbilled%20Hummingbird,flowers%20in%20the%20genus%20Datura.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword-billed_hummingbird#Description

May 06 2023, 1:21 PM

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What is the only bird to have a beak longer than the rest of its body, excluding the tail?

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