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Humming Bird FactsHumming bird fact – aerodynamicsHumming birds have a fascinating ability of hovering in mid air and they can even fly backwards. Humming birds will typically produce ¾ of their weight support during the down stroke of the wing and only ¼ during the upstroke. Earlier, insufficient technology made it difficult to properly study these extremely rapid movements and conclude reliable Humming bird facts. Most experts erroneously assumed that the Humming birds generated half of their weight support during the down stroke of the wing and the other half during the upstroke.
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To find out more Humming bird facts, scientists filmed hovering Humming birds and studied the films extensively. Modern particle image velocimetry techniques as well as wind tunnels have been used. They found out that Humming birds hover in way that is a bit similar to the hovering of Hawk moths, but still unique and distinct from the hovering method of any other animal.
Humming bird facts - Amazilia tzacatl
Amazilia tzacatl is the scientific name of the beautiful Rufous-tailed Hummingbird. The most well known Humming bird fact regarding this species is its truly flamboyant colouration. The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird have a sparkling green body plumage, a grey belly and a rufous coloured tail from which the common name of this Humming bird has been derived. Immature Humming birds display rufous fringes on their head plumage. The male Rufous-tailed Humming bird have a red bill that distinguish him from female Humming birds and immature Humming birds of both sexes since they have black bills.The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is a medium sized humming bird that typically reaches a size of 10 centimetres and weigh slightly above 5 grams. It is native to the Americas and inhabits a region that stretches from northeast Mexico to western Ecuador and western Venezuela. It is often seen around coffee plantations and is a welcomed guest in gardens across its range. The Rufous-tailed Hummingbird appreciates open landscapes, clearings, forest edges and river banks. It is rarely found at altitudes above 1850 metres.
Humming bird facts – myth and legend
The Humming bird is an admired bird throughout its range and is frequently included in traditional myths and legends. The impressive Nazca Lines in the Peruvian Nazca Desert does for instance depict a Hummingbird. This is only one example of a fascinating Humming bird fact related to ancient history and culture. In Nahuan mythology, dead warriors were believed to return to earth in the form of hummingbirds and butterflies. Nahua is a collective name used for different indigenous groups living in Mexico and Central America. The Aztecs were one of many Nahua groups.In Aztec mythology, the god of war, death and sun is often described as a Hummingbird. The Hummingbird god is called Huitzilopochtli (Uitzilopochtli). Huitzil is the Nahuatl word for hummingbird. Huitzilopochtli was also the national god of the Aztecs and a special patron of the city of Tenochtitlan. In addition to being the god of war, death and sun, Huitzilopochtli was also the god of warriors, young men and storms, and he could guide travellers. Huitzilopochtli’s father was a ball of feathers and his mother was Coatlicue, the goddess who hade given birth to the moon and the stars
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