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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 .
Chalcostigma is a genus of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. Taxonomy and species list ... Rainbow-bearded thornbill Male Female Chalcostigma herrani
The rainbow-bearded thornbill's breeding phenology is not well documented. Its breeding season appears to include at least July to September. The nest has not been described. One nest with three eggs has been reported, departing from the almost invariable two-egg clutch of hummingbirds. [9
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 ...
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Xantus's hummingbird is found from central Baja California south to the peninsula's tip. It has also been recorded as a vagrant twice in California and once in British Columbia. The species inhabits arid woodlands of scrub, oak, and pine-oak at elevations between 150 and 1,500 m (490 and 4,900 ft) and also visits coastal desert, gardens, and ...
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.