The world’s longest-billed bird is the sword-billed hummingbird, which has a bill that is longer than its own body. Its bill can be up to 12 centimeters (4.7 inches) long, while its body is only 13 to 14 centimeters (5.1 to 5.5 inches) long. How does this bird eat with such a long bill? Here are some ways that the sword-billed hummingbird adapts to its environment in the Andes. Flowers that match its bill: The sword-billed hummingbird mainly drinks nectar from flowers that have long tubes that fit its bill. One of these flowers is a kind of passionflower that has a tube of about 10…