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The rainbow starfrontlet inhabits the edges of both humid and semi-humid cloudforest, gardens, and riparian scrub. In elevation it generally ranges from 1,700 to 3,300 m (5,600 to 10,800 ft) but has been recorded as high as 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in northern Peru's Huascarán National Park .
Giant hummingbird: Patagona gigas (Vieillot, 1824) 196 Violet-chested hummingbird: Sternoclyta cyanopectus (Gould, 1846) 197 Scissor-tailed hummingbird: Hylonympha macrocerca Gould, 1873: 198 Rivoli's hummingbird: Eugenes fulgens (Swainson, 1827) 199 Talamanca hummingbird: Eugenes spectabilis (Lawrence, 1867) 200 Fiery-throated hummingbird
Hummingbird talismans were prized as drawing sexual potency, energy, vigor, and skill at arms and warfare to the wearer. [225] The Aztec god of war Huitzilopochtli is often depicted in art as a hummingbird. [226] Aztecs believed that fallen warriors would be reincarnated as hummingbirds. [226] [227] The Nahuatl word huitzil translates to ...
The male Anna's hummingbird is the only North American hummingbird species with a red crown. [7] [8] Females and juvenile males have a dull green crown, a grey throat with or without some red iridescence, a grey chest and belly, and a dark, rounded tail with white tips on the outer feathers. [8]
The black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) is a hummingbird occupying a broad range of habitats. [3] Its summer range is in the western United States and southwestern Canada. It is migratory, wintering as far south as Mexico. In sunlight, the gorget of iridescent purple feathers bordering its black chin is noticeable.
The bee hummingbird's interaction with the flowers that supply nectar is a notable example of bird–plant coevolution with its primary food source (flowers for nectar). [ 4 ] [ 13 ] Flowers that bee hummingbirds often feed from are odorless, have long narrow tubular corolla that are brightly colored, and has dilute nectar.
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Pencil drawings were not known before the 17th century, [1] with the modern concept of pencil drawings taking shape in the 18th and 19th centuries. [1] Pencil drawings succeeded the older metalpoint drawing stylus, which used metal instead of graphite. [1] Modern artists continue to use the graphite pencil for artworks and sketches. [1]