Übersetzung für 'hummingbirds' von Englisch nach Deutsch

hummingbirds [family Trochilidae]

Kolibris {pl}orn.T

Trochiliden {pl} [fachspr.] [Familie der Kolibris]orn.T

• The discovery of the fossil hummingbird "Eurotrochilus inexpectatus" was a significant discovery because it provided the most convincing evidence for the presence of modern-looking hummingbirds of stem-group Trochilidae in the Old World.
• Coquette hummingbirds exhibit a distinctive vertical pumping of their tails when in flight.
• Although not a song-call, hummingbirds can often be distinguished by their buzzing sound made from rapid wing-flapping.
• Hummingbirds are small birds capable of hovering in mid-air due to the rapid flapping of their wings.
• Like most hummingbirds, the species primarily feeds on nectar and insects.

• Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and comprise the biological family Trochilidae.
• Simon also had an interest in hummingbirds. He described several species and races as well as creating the genera "Anopetia", "Stephanoxis", "Haplophaedia" and "Taphrolesbia".
• Experiments with hummingbirds provided one example of apparent observational learning in a non-human organism.
• Hummingbirds feed on tubular flowers, using their long, siphoning beaks. Many plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, are used to attract hummingbirds.
• Heade was the first artist to paint live hummingbirds in their natural environment as opposed to dead hummingbirds in a studio setting.

• W. R. (Robert) Sullivan was the inventor of an early hummingbird feeder as well as an advocate for banding hummingbirds and hummingbirds living in zoos.
• He had a collection of 200 species of hummingbirds which were acquired by the British Museum of Natural History in 1933.
• "Nesophlox" is a genus in the family of Hummingbirds. It consists of two endemic hummingbirds of the Bahamas.
• Follow-up studies conducted in hummingbirds have found conflicting evidence about risk sensitivity foraging.