How much do hummingbirds weigh?

Moe than 300 types of hummingbirds exist. All are lightweights. The average hummer weighs around 4 grams, or 0.141 ounce. Hummingbirds can weigh as little as 2.4 grams and as much as 4.5. As a simple comparison, a U.S. penny weighs 2.5 grams and a U.S. nickel weighs 5 grams. read more

The largest hummingbird is known as the giant hummingbird and it weighs between 21 and 23 grams. According to hummingbird expert Laura Erickson, you could mail nine or ten hummingbirds with a single stamp! This should help give you some idea just how extremely tiny hummingbirds are. read more

All are lightweights. The average hummer weighs around 4 grams, or 0.141 ounce. Hummingbirds can weigh as little as 2.4 grams and as much as 4.5. As a simple comparison, a U.S. penny weighs 2.5 grams and a U.S. nickel weighs 5 grams. Nearly one-third of a hummingbirds weight, or an average of 30 percent, is muscle. read more