🐦 Ruby-throated hummingbird vs Little brown bat 🦇
The little brown bat is about 3 times as long as the ruby-throated hummingbird. The little brown bat weighs about 4 times as much as the ruby-throated hummingbird.
| Row | 🐦 Ruby-throated hummingbird | 🦇 Little brown bat |
|---|---|---|
| Top speed We don't have a checked number for the little brown bat yet. | 60 mph97 km/h1 | no checked number yet |
| Weight The little brown bat weighs about 4 times as much as the ruby-throated hummingbird. | 0.11 to 0.12 oz3 to 3.5 g2 | 0.5 oz14 g3 |
| Lives They are about the same. | 5 to 9 years5 to 9 years4 | 6.5 years6.5 years5 |
| Eats The ruby-throated hummingbird eats plants and animals; the little brown bat eats bugs. | nectar from flowers, and tiny insects | mosquitoes, moths, beetles and other flying insects |
| Lives in They can live in the same kind of place. | eastern North America in summer; Mexico and Central America in winter | forests, towns and lakeshores across Canada and the United States |
Which one? Ruby-throated hummingbird or little brown bat
🏁 Who would win the race?
We don't have a checked top speed for the little brown bat yet, so there is no race.
We only race. Real animals mostly avoid each other. A race is the only fair contest: who reaches the tree first, by top speed.
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The link carries only the two animals’ names: peabody.kids/animals/compare/hummingbird-vs-little-brown-bat
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Where these numbers come from
- National Park Service, Northeast Temperate Network, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Lassen Volcanic, checked 30 October 2026.
- US Fish and Wildlife Service, checked 30 October 2026.
- National Park Service, Jewel Cave, checked 30 October 2026.