Peruvian Hummingbirds
Hummingbirds are fascinating birds
in every way, it is surprising to see them in flight against a flower feeding,
buzzing its wings barely moving body, and observe that suddenly headed for
another flower in a vertical flight (as a modern fighter plane) or even fly in
reverse.
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Sylph King (long-tailed sylph);
Reserve cloud forest of Manu, Peru
The beautiful and colorful
iridescent plumage of the variable, called by American naturalist Audubon as a
"shining piece of rainbow" shows also luster in the throat or chest.
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Metalura Tiria (Metallura
tyrianthina smaragdinicollis) (Tyriaan Metaltail); Sayaqmarka Inca city, Inca
Trail to Machu Picchu, Cuzco, Peru
Hummingbirds are found throughout
the Americas, from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, including the Caribbean West
Indies. They live in varied habitats ranging from deserts and icy highlands to
5000 meters to sweltering tropical rainforests. This justifies the great
diversification in species (328) and a number of associated subspecies (684),
especially in areas of neotropical submontane of the eastern Andes (slopes to
the Amazon), where most species are
found.
The scientific names of the
different species and their different denominations are also special ...
references were made to precious stones (sapphires, topaz ...), stars (stars,
sun ...) or laudatory adjectives like "Wonderful"
"Wonderful" "Brilliant", etc.
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Hummingbird representation in the
wilderness of the Pampas of Nazca (Peru), only visible from the air. Nazca
culture (s.I-VII AD)
In ancient Peru, they were also
cause for admiration and artistic representation. Hummingbirds appear
abundantly in the pre-Columbian art; the best known is the giant hummingbird in
the desert of Nazca, on the southern coast of Peru. It measures 70 meters and
is only visible from the air. Its creators of the Nazca culture (s I-VII AD)
also represented in ceramics, like his contemporaries Moche on the north coast.
It also appears in the goldsmith art of Ecuadorian cultures, Colombian, Central
American and Mexican.
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Hummingbird in Moche ceramics (s II
BC-600 AD) of the northern coast of Peru. Huacas of Moche.
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Gould
Hummingbird Inca (Inca Coeligena) (Gould's Inca). Inkaterra Machu Picchu. Peru
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Hummingbird pechirrojo (Boissonneaua
matthewsii) (Chestnut-breasted Coronet). Inkaterra Machu Picchu, Peru
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Gould
Inca (Inca Coeligena) (Gould's Inca). Inkaterra
Machu Picchu, Peru
Hummingbirds are beautiful and
fragile, but those do not pound the risk of extinction because of the
aggressive action of the people. Hummingbird tail spatula, wonderful
hummingbird or hummingbird admirable (Marvelous mirabilis) is a species of
hummingbird medium size (up to 15 cm) and blue, green and violet colors copper
ridge, the only member of the genus Loddigesia. This bird is endemic to the
basin of the Utcubamba River in the high jungle of northern Peru. It was
discovered in 1853 by collector Andrew Bird Loddiges George Matthews.
Hummingbird tail spatula is
unique among birds because it has only four tail feathers. In the male are two
long outer tail feathers racket shaped crossing each other and end up in a big
blue-violet discs or 'spoonbills' which can move independently.
Watching them, we surprised the two
long feathers ending in two beautiful blue-violet disks, which move at
incredible speed and independently each. Although it has two smaller on the
tail feathers are longer than the end in a kind of racket or spatula, which
captivate by the way that vibrate in the air.
It is one of the most beautiful
birds in the world, it the amazing dance-procession which explains why so
called Wonderful Hummingbird.
Hummingbird Marvelous mirabilis,
with its blue, green and copper colors, crest and striking violet is endemic to
the basin of Utcubamba River in the high jungle of northern Spain. The regional
government declared Natural Heritage of Amazonas.
By loss of habitat from forest
degradation, its small population and limited range it is at risk. In addition,
its lush tail puts in danger of being hunted; there is the absurd belief that
the dry hearts of males are an aphrodisiac.
The hummingbird spatula tail is on the Red List of Threatened
Species of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and
belongs to the list in Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
In 2006, the American Bird
Conservancy and ECOAN (Association of Andean Ecosystems) start a conservation
program with the Pomacochas Community (where it is) to protect this bird.
30,000 native trees and shrubs were planted to care hummingbird habitat. It is
the first program of its kind in Peru.
There are positive
experiences. In Tacna, southern Peru, a married couple share their love of
nature preparing a syrup to feed and help preserve this endangered species.
Four cups of boiled water, a cup of white sugar and a little food coloring, and
the syrup is ready. Renaud Barreda places the syrup into a kind of trough
hanging from the balcony of his house. Within minutes hummingbirds come to feed
on the nectar. Regretfully he adds that factors like poison used to fumigate
fruits and flowers.
Peru a true paradise of birds -
North Route HQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lzn6IunDvI
References
COLIBRÍES, maravillas de la fisiología
animal / HUMMINGBIRDS, astonishing animal physiology, 30 de julio de 2012
Maravilloso
colibrí cola de espátula de Amazonas bajo la sombra de la extinción
Pasión y cuidado por los colibríes en el
corazón de Tacna
