Violet-headed Hummingbird
Rancho Naturalista
06Feb2010
Found in much of Cent. America
and north So. America...only
species in the genus Klais.
© David L.
Ross, Jr.
Macaulay
Library
Klais is after Kleis, daughter
of Sappho, ancient Greek
poet from Lesbos.
Hummingbirds have the highest
metabolic rate of any animal,
about 30 times that of humans.
(John Reilly)
Selva Verde Lodge
10Jan2023