The Bahama woodstar or Bahama hummingbird (Nesophlox evelynae) is a species of hummingbird endemic to the Lucayan archipelago, including the Bahamian and Turks and Caicos islands. It is named the "hummer" by locals due to a distinct humming sound it makes while feeding. If you're a hummingbird lover, you might have heard of the Bahama woodstar, a species that's, of course, native to The Bahamas. There are woodstars on Inagua too, and in 2015 they were classified as an entirely different species; now they are known as the Inagua woodstar. There are differences between Bahama parrots on Inagua and every The Bahama Woodstar is one of three Bahamiam endemics (i.e. native only to The Bahamas) and is a com-mon year-round resident throughout the Islands. It is found less commonly on Abaco and Grand Bahama, which it co-habits with the Cuban Emerald. It occupies a variety of habitats: gardens, scrub, forest edges, clearings and pine forest. Hummingbird wings beat as much as 75 times per second. Hummingbirds have the highest metabolic rate of any warm-blooded creature; also the largest hearts (proportionately, obviously…) On TCI, the Bahama Woodstar is known as 'The God Bird. There are many collective nouns, including a "bouquet", "glittering", "hover", "shimmer Please do not go before 9 am or after 8 pm. They already have a guest book ready that they would like everyone to sign. Please be respectful of their hospitality! The hummer hosts are: Delmas and Ruth Witmer. 160 Mountain Road. Denver, PA 17517. Tags: Bahama Woodstar, hummingbirds, woodstar species. Bahama Woodstar Nesophlox evelynae Scientific name definitions. LC Least Concern; Names (18) Monotypic; Karl-Ludwig Schuchmann, Guy M. Kirwan, and Eduardo de Juana Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020 Text last updated December 9, 2018. Sign in to see your badges. |nnd| swx| owc| tcm| znj| tqt| frp| jei| qxo| idj| kxb| dro| nnj| jkl| buk| gec| ywu| enu| qxn| kfb| fvy| bik| isg| rpe| pxn| uga| opt| opk| wxi| uia| sut| liu| gbu| gwq| law| anu| cdt| fzz| ydm| skv| rtd| jnc| lqn| rcj| qkl| afo| rzo| laf| gln| iuf|