4.also called a “hummer” by some American bird lovers. a small jewel colored bird found only in the Americas related to swifts and having narrow fast beating wings, a long slender bill, and extended tubular tongue for drinking nectar. 2.the tiny hovering bird called colibrí by the Taíno.ģ. an English word which is derived from the humming sound made by the bird’s rapidly beating wings. also Zum Zum, (from Cuban Taíno) apparently from the sound made by the bird’s wings while in flight. the Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and Dutch (kolibrie) words for hummingbird originating from the Taíno language. ![]() Taíno name for a small brightly colored bird of the Caribbean, North, Central, and South America that can beat its wings rapidly, making a zum-zum or humming sound. Like Polvo de Chuparrosa or "powdered hummingbird " this is an image of a premixed cologne or perfume, one of the items along with votive candles and amulets, sold in Mexico and South America.Ĭolibrí /ko-lee-bré/ n. (7) Hummingbird Magic for attracting the opposite sex. The images were made by scraping away the top layer of iron-oxide coated surface pebbles to reveal the lighter color underneath in order to create drawings that are only recognizable from the sky. This etching is one of 300 large linear earthwork designs created between 200 BC and 600 AD. (6) Gigantic image of a hummingbird from the famous Nazca of the Pampa region of Peru, South America. ![]() (5) A Victorian woman wearing a hat with stuffed hummingbirds attached to it. ![]() (4) Jamaican Taíno sculpture of what appears to be a hummingbird man. (3) Cuba’s bumblebee-sized hummingbird superimposed on an image of the biggest hummer, the swif-sized South American Patagonia gigas. (2) Jamaica’s national bird, the Streamtailed or “doctorbird”. Image: (1) Huitzilopochtli, the Mexica’s hummingbird-warrior and sun-god.
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