Fastest Wingbeat?
Do hummingbirds have the fastest
wingbeats? In general yes, but the Club-winged Manakin wins the prize at
107 wingbeats per second when in courtship
mode.
See Wikipedia for detailed information about this bird.
See
Roger Lederer's "Amazing Birds" in bookstores now;
published by Barron's. And "Birds of New England", published by Twin
Lights Publishers.
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publisher of the Bird Finder and the Pacific Coast Bird Finder, authored
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