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Hummingbird Phaethornis longirostris on an Etlingera inflorescence. Ornithophily or bird pollination is the pollination of flowering plants by birds.This sometimes (but not always) coevolutionary association is derived from insect pollination (entomophily) and is particularly well developed in some parts of the world, especially in the tropics, Southern Africa, and on some island chains. [1]
Hummingbird talismans were prized as drawing sexual potency, energy, vigor, and skill at arms and warfare to the wearer. [226] The Aztec god of war Huitzilopochtli is often depicted in art as a hummingbird. [227] Aztecs believed that fallen warriors would be reincarnated as hummingbirds. [227] [228] The Nahuatl word huitzil translates to ...
Hummingbirds are the main pollinators of heliconia flowers in many locations. The concurrent diversification of hummingbird-pollinated taxa in the order Zingiberales and the hummingbird family ( Trochilidae : Phaethorninae) starting 18 million years ago supports the idea that these radiations have influenced one another through evolutionary time.
Danita Delimont/Getty Images. Hummingbirds migrate. According to the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, "When hummingbirds migrate to the United States in the springtime, they cover 500 miles ...
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
Sword-billed hummingbird is the official common name designated by the International Ornithologists' Union. [6] Other common names for the species include sword billed hummingbird, swordbill, and swordbill hummingbird. [7] [8] The sword-billed hummingbird is the only species in the genus Ensifera.
It's easy to see how the unusual flowers, which provide early season nectar to hummingbirds, got their name. Sun Exposure: full shade to part sun USDA Hardiness Zones: 3 to 9
Hemaris thysbe, the hummingbird clearwing, is a moth of the family Sphingidae (hawkmoths). Coloration varies between individuals, but typically the moth is olive green and burgundy on its back, and white or yellow and burgundy on the underside. Its wings are transparent with a reddish-brown border.