{"id":29983,"date":"2023-06-22T16:38:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T14:38:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.discoverwildlife.com\/?p=77978"},"modified":"2023-06-22T17:36:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T15:36:58","slug":"which-bird-has-the-longest-beak","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcwildlife\/rss_feed\/which-bird-has-the-longest-beak\/","title":{"rendered":"Which bird has the longest beak?"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 12cm this bird’s amazing, dagger-like, beak is longer than its body <\/p>

By BBC Wildlife Magazine\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Thursday, 22 June 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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The title of the bird with the longest beak, relative to body size, goes to the very aptly named swordbilled hummingbird<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

This bird\u2019s amazing beak, which can reach lengths of about 12cm, is longer than its body, allowing it to access nectar<\/a><\/strong> from the longest, thinnest blooms that other hummingbird beaks can\u2019t reach<\/p>\n

It is the only\u00a0 bird whose beak is longer than the rest of the body (excluding the tail).<\/p>\n

Swordbilled hummingbirds live in the the Andean region of South America at altitudes of around 1,700\u20133,500m and is one of the largest species of \u00a0hummingbird (there are at least 250 different species of hummingbird)<\/p>\n

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