How big is a hummingbird?
9 cm long · 3.5 in
A ruby-throated hummingbird is about nine centimeters from bill to tail.
Paperclip 3.3 cm
Hummingbird 9 cm
Compared with things you know
- A hummingbird is about 13× the length of a grain of rice Grain of rice: 7 mm
- A hummingbird is about 2.7× the length of a paperclip Paperclip: 3.3 cm
- A hummingbird is about 1.5× the length of a house key House key: 6 cm
- A hummingbird is about 1/1.7 the height of a Smartphone Smartphone: 15 cm
Think you could size it by eye? A hummingbird is one of the objects in Sizedle.
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- Monarch butterfly 10 cm wingspan 3.9 in
- House mouse 17 cm long 6.7 in
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- Honeybee 1.5 cm long 0.6 in
- House cat 76 cm long 2.5 ft
- Golden retriever 1 m long 3.3 ft