Beija-flor it's a family bird trochilid, small in size and often with bright colored plumage. The hummingbird is also known as hummingbird, sucker flower, woodpecker, suck honey. There are approximately 325 species of hummingbirds in the world.
The hummingbird belongs to the order of apodiformes, and because of that it has some similarities with swallows. Apodiformes have long, thin wings, so they can fly quickly.
White-bellied hummingbird
Hummingbirds cannot walk or jump, and their paws are only intended to cling to the nest, walls or cliffs.
They can fly in any direction, so they are often compared to helicopters. It has a long beak and a long forked tongue, which it uses to extract nectar from flowers. As for food, hummingbirds also usually eat flies and ants. This bird consumes approximately 50% of its weight in sugar every day, and feeds on average 5 to 8 times an hour.
The hummingbird plumage color is not caused by the pigmentation of the feather, but by the iridescence in the feathers' arrangement and the influence of the level of light, humidity and other factors. Hummingbirds have between 1,000 and 1,500 feathers, making them one of the birds in the world with fewer feathers.
About 25 to 30% of the hummingbird's weight is in the pectoral muscles, the muscles responsible for flight. The hummingbird's wings beat between 50 to 200 times a second, depending on the direction of flight and weather conditions. The hummingbird's heart rate is extremely high, at around 1,200 beats per minute.
Despite their small size, hummingbirds are one of the most aggressive bird species, and sometimes attack much larger birds that invade their territory, such as crows and hawks.
In English, the hummingbird is translated by hummingbird, being that humming corresponds to the sound that is made by the flapping of this bird's wings.
hummingbird symbology
The hummingbird has symbolic value in many cultures. In Aztec culture, for example, the souls of deceased warriors returned to earth in the form of hummingbirds.
According to shamanism, the hummingbird is a symbol of romantic love, grace, joy, healing, luck and gentleness.
Hummingbird of Nilópolis
GRES (Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba) Beija Flor de Nilópolis is a samba school in Rio de Janeiro, founded on December 25, 1948 and whose colors are blue and white.