page_title: Hummingbird
section_title: In myth and culture
hierarchical_section_title: Hummingbird / In myth and culture
caption_attribution_description: Español: Vista aérea del "Colibrí", uno de los geoglifos más conocidos de las Líneas de Nazca, situadas en el Desierto de Sechura en el sur de Perú. Los geoglifos de este Patrominio de la Humanidad según la UNESCO (desde 1994) se reparten en un área de 80 km de largo entre las ciudades de Nazca y Palpa y tienen una antigüedad, según diferentes estudios, de entre 500&#160;a.C. y 500&#160;d.C.English: Aerial view of "The Hummingbird", one of the most popular geoglyphs of the Nazca Lines, which are located in the Nazca Desert in southern Peru. The geoglyphs of this UNESCO World Heritage Site (since 1994) are spread over a 80&#160;km (50&#160;mi) plateau between the towns of Nazca and Palpa and are, according to some studies, between 500&#160;B.C. and 500&#160;A.D. old. Polski: Widok z&#160;lotu ptaka na&#160;„kolibra”, jeden z&#160;najbardziej znanych geoglifów spośród rysunków z&#160;Nazca znajdujących się na&#160;płaskowyżu Nazca w&#160;południowym Peru. W&#160;1994 roku geoglify wpisano na&#160;listę światowego dziedzictwa UNESCO. Rozciągają się one na&#160;przestrzeni 80&#160;km na&#160;płaskowyżu pomiędzy miastami Nazca i&#160;Palpa. Według różnych badań powstały one pomiędzy 500&#160;p.n.e. a&#160;500&#160;n.e. This place is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed as Nazca Lines. العربية&#160;| asturianu&#160;| беларуская&#160;| беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎&#160;| বাংলা&#160;| català&#160;| čeština&#160;| dansk&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| español&#160;| euskara&#160;| فارسی&#160;| français&#160;| עברית&#160;| hrvatski&#160;| magyar&#160;| bahasa Indonesia&#160;| italiano&#160;| 日本語&#160;| 한국어&#160;| latviešu&#160;| македонски&#160;| മലയാളം&#160;| مازِرونی&#160;| Nederlands&#160;| polski&#160;| português&#160;| português do Brasil&#160;| română&#160;| русский&#160;| sicilianu&#160;| slovenčina&#160;| slovenščina&#160;| Türkçe&#160;| українська&#160;| Tiếng Việt&#160;| 中文&#160;| 中文（中国大陆）‎&#160;| 中文（简体）‎&#160;| 中文（繁體）‎&#160;| 中文（台灣）‎&#160;| +/− Čeština: Letecký pohled na "Kolibříka", jeden z&#160;nejznámějších geoglyfů, tvořících obrazce na planině Nazca v jižním Peru. Deutsch: Luftaufnahme vom "Kolibri", eine der bekanntesten Geoglyphen der Nasca-Linien, die in der Nasca-Wüste im Süden Perus liegen. Die Geoglyphen dieses UNESCO-Weltkulturerbes (seit 1994) sind über eine 80&#160;km lange Hochebene zwischen den Städten Nazca und Palpa verteilt und wurden laut Studien zwischen 500&#160;v.&#160;Chr. und 500&#160;n.&#160;Chr. geschaffen. Magyar: „A kolibri”, a Nazca-vonalak egyik legismertebb geoglifájának légi felvétele. Az (1994 óta) UNESCO világörökség részét képező geoglifák egy több, mint 80 km hosszú fennsíkon találhatók Nazca és Palpa városok között, és megközelítőleg 2000 éve készültek (Nazca-sivatag, Peru) Italiano: Vista aerea del "Colibrì", una dei geoglifi delle Linee di Nazca, nel sud del Perù. Dal 1994 i geoglifi sono un bene protetto come patrimonio dell'umanità dell'UNESCO. 한국어: 페루 남부 나스카 사막에 위치한 나스카 지상화의 유명한 지상화 중 하나인 '벌새'의 항공 사진. 이 유네스코 세계유산 보호지역(1994년 지정)은 나스카와 팔파 사이의 80 km 에 걸쳐 펼쳐지며, 일부 연구들에 따르면 B.C.500 에서 A.D.500 사이에 조성되었다. Македонски: „Колибри“ — еден од геоглифите на познатите Наскански линии во пустината Сечура, јужно Перу. Эрзянь: Колибри ("The Hummingbird") аэрофотокувось, вейке пек содавиксчив геоглиф Наски кикстнедэ (Nazca Lines), конат аштить Наски човарсо вельтязь таркасо (Nazca Desert) Перунь лембеёно. Геоглифтнэ ульнесть топавдозь Весемирэнь тевкадовксонь объектэс (World Heritage Site) (1994 иестэ) UNESCO. Сынь аштить 80&#160;km (50&#160;mi) Наски ды Ралпа пандтнэнь ютксо, ды ульнесть теезь 500 ие м. п. икеле ды 500 ие м. п.. Nederlands: De "Kolibrie" is een van de bekendere geogliefen behorende tot de lijnen en geogliefen van Nazca en Palpa in Peru Português: Vista aérea do "beija-flor", um dos geoglifos mais populares das Linhas de Nasca, situadas no Deserto de Sechura no sul do Peru. Os geoglifos deste Patrimônio Mundial segundo a UNESCO (desde 1994) estão espalhados por um platô de 80 km entre as cidades de Nazca e Palpa e datam, segundo diferentes estudos, entre 500&#160;a.C. e 500&#160;d.C.
context_page_description: Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and constituting the biological family Trochilidae. They are the smallest of birds, most species measuring 7.5–13 cm in length. The smallest extant hummingbird species is the 5 cm bee hummingbird, which weighs less than 2.0 g. The largest hummingbird species is the 23 cm giant hummingbird, weighing 18–24g.
  They are known as hummingbirds because of the humming sound created by their beating wings, which flap at high frequencies audible to humans. They hover in mid-air at rapid wing-flapping rates, which vary from around 12 beats per second in the largest species, to in excess of 80 in some of the smallest. Of those species that have been measured in wind tunnels, their top speeds exceed 15 m/s and some species can dive at speeds in excess of 22 m/s.
  Hummingbirds have the highest mass-specific metabolic rate of any homeothermic animal. To conserve energy when food is scarce, and nightly when not foraging, they can go into torpor, a state similar to hibernation, slowing their metabolic rate to 1/15th of its normal rate.
context_section_description: Aztecs wore hummingbird talismans, both artistic representations of hummingbirds and fetishes made from actual hummingbird parts: emblematic for their vigor, energy, and propensity to do work along with their sharp beaks that symbolically mimic instruments of weaponry, bloodletting, penetration, and intimacy. Hummingbird talismans were prized as drawing sexual potency, energy, vigor, and skill at arms and warfare to the wearer.
  The Aztec god of war Huitzilopochtli is often depicted as a hummingbird. It was also believed that fallen warriors would return to earth as hummingbirds and butterflies. The Nahuatl word huitzil (hummingbird) is an onomatopoeic word derived from the sounds of the hummingbird's wing-beats and zooming flight.
  One of the Nazca Lines depicts a hummingbird (right).
  In Hopi and Zuni culture, there is a hummingbird creation myth about a young brother and sister who are starving because drought and famine have come to the land. Their parents have left to find food, so the boy carves a piece of wood into a small bird to entertain his sister. When the girl tosses the carving into the air, the bird comes to life, turning into a hummingbird. The small bird then flies to the God of Fertility and begs for rain, and the god obliges the request, which helps the crops to grow again.
  Trinidad and Tobago, known as "The land of the hummingbird," displays a hummingbird on that nation's coat of arms, 1-cent coin and emblem of its national airline, Caribbean Airlines (right).
caption: Nazca Lines Hummingbird
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