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Measured against a typical nectar feeder, the size of a Giant Hummingbird is even more astonishing. Credit: © Xiaoni Xu | Macaulay Library | Cornell Lab of Ornithology
At first, the research goal was simply to learn where the migratory population went—a journey tracked with geolocators and satellite transmitters. The researchers actually tracked 8 individual hummingbirds migrating up to 5,200 miles from the Chilean coast up to the Andes of Peru and back. Williamson says that’s one of the longest, if notlongest hummingbird migration in the world. The out-and-back journey is longer than the distance from New York City to Istanbul, Turkey.
The researchers are proposing straightforward common names: Northern Giant Hummingbird and Southern Giant Hummingbird. The southern migrant species will retain the Latin name,is Quechua for “messenger.” Quechua is the name for a family of Indigenous languages that spread from Peru to other neighboring countries.The researchers relied on support and local knowledge from landowners and villages in Peru and Chile.
Right now, Giant Hummingbird populations, north and south, are stable and the species are common within their ranges—some even visit backyard nectar feeders. The team plans to continue research on these enigmatic birds.
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