Flapping membrane wing: a prediction towards inter-domain flight by Abas, M. F., Aftab, Syed Mohammed Aminuddin, Mohd Rafie, Azmin Shakrine, Yusoff, Hamid, Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin

“…Small birds (especially hummingbirds) have a very high flapping frequency that enables them to efficiently withstand external disturbances caused by nature and to instantly adapt to new environments.…”
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Simultaneous movement of style and stamen set during anthesis in Etlingera elatior (Zingiberaceae) by Jéssica Tamara Laet Abreu, Maria Helena Menezes Cordeiro, Leidiane Santana das Neves, Ana Paula de Souza Caetano, Celice Alexandre Silva

“…The stigma fluid is an important means whereby pollen adheres to the mouthpart of the pollinator. Hummingbirds and bees were considered the most effective pollinators of E. elatior in the area studied.…”
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North American Indigenous Perceptions of the Apocalypse and a Renewal of Kinship Relationships through the Imagination by Francesca Mussi

“…Justice’s “The Boys Who Became the Hummingbirds”, I discuss how both stories employ imagination to place environmental disasters in conversation with settler-colonial practices, thus re-shaping understandings of the past, present, and future. …”
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Levy flight as a robotic search pattern by Saldivar, Orlando

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Comparative gene expression analysis among vocal learners (Bengalese finch and budgerigar) and non-learners (quail and ring dove) reveals variable cadherin expressions in the vocal... by Eiji eMatsunaga, Eiji eMatsunaga, Kazuo eOkanoya, Kazuo eOkanoya

“…So far, three families of birds (songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds) have been identified as having vocal learning ability. …”
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Analysis of vocal communication in the genus Falco by Carole S. Griffiths, Neil L. Aaronson

“…Abstract Vocal learning occurs in three clades of birds: hummingbirds, parrots, and songbirds. Examining vocal communication within the Falconiformes (sister taxon to the parrot/songbird clade) may offer information in understanding the evolution of vocal learning. …”
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Familiarity breeds content: assessing bird species popularity with culturomics by Jepson, P, Correia, R, Malhado, A, Ladle, R

“…Here, we use a measure of internet saliency to assess the national and international visibility of species within four taxa of Brazilian birds (toucans, hummingbirds, parrots and woodpeckers), and evaluate how much of this visibility can be explained by factors associated with familiarity, aesthetic appeal and conservation interest. …”

<b>Reproductive biology of <em>Bowdichia virgilioides</em> Kunth (Fabaceae)</b> - doi: 10.4025/actascibiolsci.v33i4.9003 by Andre Luiz Gomes da Silva, Samyra Ramos Chaves, Jéfferson Mesquita Brito

“…In the study area, they were visited by nine species of bees, four butterflies, two wasps, and two hummingbirds. The visits began in early morning and persisted throughout the day, with a peak of activity between 8:00 and 9:00 hours. …”
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Are native bees and Apis mellifera equally efficient pollinators of the rupestrian grassland daisy Aspilia jolyana (Asteraceae)? by Pietro K. Maruyama, Carlos E. P. Nunes, Jeferson Vizentin-Bugoni, Simone Gustafsson, Leonor Patricia Cerdeira Morellato

“…Other visitors included many other species of bees, flies, hummingbirds, wasps and butterflies. Pollinators significantly increased seed set in comparison to non-visited (bagged) capitula. …”
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When cheating turns into a stabilizing mechanism of plant-pollinator communities. by François Duchenne, Stéphane Aubert, Elisa Barreto, Emanuel Brenes, María A Maglianesi, Tatiana Santander, Esteban A Guevara, Catherine H Graham

“…Using an empirical dataset of plant-bird interactions (hummingbirds and flowerpiercers), we found that observed cheating patterns are highly consistent with theoretical cheating patterns found to increase community persistence. …”
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Effects of a cold wave on an Amazonian avifauna in the upper Paraguay drainage, Western Mato Grosso, and suggestions on Oscine-Suboscine relationships by Edwin O'Neill Willis

“…A cold wave that passed during the study period caused a major drop in insect activity and in the activity of insect-eating birds and hummingbirds. Fruit-eating birds and "omnivores" (insect and fruit eaters) became relatively conspicuous. …”
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Familiarity breeds content: assessing bird species popularity with culturomics by Ricardo A. Correia, Paul R. Jepson, Ana C. M. Malhado, Richard J. Ladle

“…Here, we use a measure of internet saliency to assess the national and international visibility of species within four taxa of Brazilian birds (toucans, hummingbirds, parrots and woodpeckers), and evaluate how much of this visibility can be explained by factors associated with familiarity, aesthetic appeal and conservation interest. …”
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Forebrain nuclei linked to woodpecker territorial drum displays mirror those that enable vocal learning in songbirds. by Eric R Schuppe, Lindsey Cantin, Mukta Chakraborty, Matthew T Biegler, Electra R Jarvis, Chun-Chun Chen, Erina Hara, Mads F Bertelsen, Christopher C Witt, Erich D Jarvis, Matthew J Fuxjager

“…Vocal learning is thought to have evolved in 3 orders of birds (songbirds, parrots, and hummingbirds), with each showing similar brain regions that have comparable gene expression specializations relative to the surrounding forebrain motor circuitry. …”
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No signature of selection on the C-terminal region of glucose transporter 2 with the evolution of avian nectarivory by Alexander M. Myrka, Tooba Shah, Jason T. Weir, Kenneth C. Welch

“…Results Our findings have ruled out the C-terminal regulatory region of GLUT2 as a target for selection by sugar-rich diet among avian nectarivores, though selection among hummingbirds, the oldest avian nectarivores, cannot be discounted. …”
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Reproductive biology of the threatened species <em>Furcraea parmentieri</em> (Aspargaceae) by Maria Albarrán, Arturo Silva-Montellano, Teresa Valverde

“…Flowers were visited by hawkmoths and hummingbirds. Fruit set was very low (ca. 5 %) and we observed self-incompatibility.     …”
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Morphological Disparity of the Humerus in Modern Birds by Francisco J. Serrano, Mireia Costa-Pérez, Guillermo Navalón, Alberto Martín-Serra

“…Lineages evolving high-stress locomotion such as hyperaeriality (e.g., swifts), hovering (e.g., hummingbirds) and wing-propelled diving (e.g., penguins) greatly deviate from this general trend, each exploring different morphologies. …”
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Taste sensations: history of study, evolutionary feasibility and strategies for forming correct taste preferences in children by I. N. Zakharova, Yu. A. Dmitrieva, E. B. Machneva, A. N. Tsutsaeva

“…It has been shown that obligate carnivorous animals have lost the function of sweet taste receptors, and in hummingbirds eating sweet floral nectar, on the contrary, another sweet taste receptor has acquired the function of a sweet taste receptor to detect sugars. …”
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Total-Evidence Framework Reveals Complex Morphological Evolution in Nightbirds (Strisores) by Albert Chen, Noor D. White, Roger B.J. Benson, Michael J. Braun, Daniel J. Field

“…Strisores is a clade of neoavian birds that include diurnal aerial specialists such as swifts and hummingbirds, as well as several predominantly nocturnal lineages such as nightjars and potoos. …”
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Variation in flower size and shape of Impatiens capensis is correlated with urbanization in Montreal, Canada by Julie Faure, Valentine Volz, Simon Joly

“…Pollinator visitation rates were estimated at each site and the main pollinators were found to be bumblebees, honeybees and hummingbirds. We found that floral size and shape are significantly correlated with urbanization as measured by the amount of vegetation in the surrounding environment of the plants (mean normalized vegetation index, NDVI) and by the visitation rates of bumblebees and honey bees. …”
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Classification of actuation mechanism designs with structural block diagrams for flapping-wing drones: a comprehensive review by Singh, Spoorthi, Zuber, Mohammad, Hamidon, Mohd Nizar, Mazlan, Norkhairunnisa, Basri, Adi Azriff, Ahmad, Kamarul Arifin

“…Depending on their endearing resemblance, we have segregated Flapping-Wing Micro Air Vehicle (FWMAV) design patterns like birds, small birds, nano hummingbirds, moths, bats, biomorphic types, flapping test bench models, and fully flyable models, which are characterized by their flight modes. …”