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Apodiformes - Hummingbirds and Swifts

Ruby-throated HummingbirdThe birds in this order are very small and have short legs and tiny feet! They have long primary feathers and short secondary feathers. Their young are blind, naked, and helpless at birth. There are three families in this order: Apodidae, Trochilidae and Hemiprocnidae. There are 400 species of birds in the Apodiformes order. The smallest bird in the world, the bee hummingbird of Cuba, is in this order.




  Families
  Apodidae (swifts)
  Hemiprocnidae (treeswifts)
  Trochilidae (hummingbirds)

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