A group of hummingbirds is called a charm. Below you will find why hummingbirds gather together, fun facts and other animals with the same group name.
Say the word together, then read two quick facts to remember it.
A group of hummingbirds is called a charm. Say it slowly and clap for each part of the word.
Being in a charm helps hummingbirds stay safe, find food and look after their young.
Hummingbirds can fly backwards.
Learn these together with the hummingbird. Tap a name to hear it.
A group of Xantus’s hummingbirds is called a charm. This little hummingbird lives only in the very south of Baja California in Mexico. Like other hummingbirds, it can hover in one spot while it sips nectar.
Group: charm Read Xantus’s hummingbird factsA group of zebra finches is called a charm. Zebra finches are tiny birds from Australia with bright orange beaks. Young males learn to sing by copying their dads.
Group: charm Read zebra finch factsA group of alligators is called a congregation. Alligators have been around since the time of the dinosaurs. Baby alligators squeak to call their mom while they are still inside the egg.
Group: congregation Read alligator factsA group of polar bears is called a celebration. Polar bears have black skin under their thick white fur. They are strong swimmers and hunt seals from the sea ice.
Group: celebration Read polar bear factsA tiny game to check what stuck. Read the question out loud and let your little one tap the answer.
A group of hummingbirds is called a charm. Their wings can beat about 50 times a second.
A baby hummingbird is called a chick.
Many hummingbirds spend time in charms, especially to find food or raise babies. Hummingbirds can fly backwards.
Hummingbirds eat nectar and tiny insects.
Hummingbirds live in the Americas.
Many group names are hundreds of years old. People made them up to describe how the animals look, sound or act together.
