Huitzilopochtli was the Aztec God of War. He was commonly depicted as a hummingbird, called a Colibri in Spanish. Huitzilopochtli demanded human sacrifices to lead the Aztec people to victory on the...

A few trusted non-profit Hummingbird conservation networks work to help restore, maintain, and support the hummingbird populations all across the Americas; this includes the The Hummingbird Society,...

Contrary to many beliefs, hummingbirds are far from being color blind. Hummingbirds see way more colors than humans could ever imagine due to their four-color cone types, which help them register UV...

Trochilini is part of the subfamily Trochilinae, descendant of the umbrella hummingbird family known entirely as the Trochilidae. Alongside, the Trochilini (emeralds) tribe, are the Lampornithini...

Hummingbirds are highly effective pollinators and play an important role in pollinating many plants across North America. Hummingbirds evolved together with the plants over 22 million years ago and...

The Lampornithini tribe is informally called the "mountain gems," the reason for that is almost half of the species of hummingbirds in this tribe have the word "mountain gem" in their name....