I just learned recently that a tamsi is not a hummingbird but a sunbird. Hummingbirds are native to the Americas while sunbirds are in Asia. They're not even closely related, but they looked the same because of convergent evolution. All my life I thought we have hummingbirds!
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Do they flap their wings very fast too? #IWonder
Btw... don't you ever sleep?
#Worldmappin traveling with birds x'D
Yes! They also flap their wings fast, but they eat while perching while hummingbirds eat while hovering. That's basically their main difference. In terms of appearance, they looked the same except for their beaks. Sunbirds have straight beaks while hummingbirds have curved ones.
Sunbirds are more related to crows than hummingbirds. I was mind blown by this.
I do sleep, but there's no pattern. Sometimes I sleep for just 2 hours while there are times I slept for 16. It depends. 😆