Hermit Bird Peru
And other than a slight sheen they generally dont have the iridescent plumage of hummingbirds.
Hermit bird peru. The new study has brought us one step closer to solving the mystery behind the enigmatic lines their purpose and meaning and why they were etched in the arid desert floor thousands of years ago. Tech science peru birds archaeology many of the birds represented in the nazca lines in southern peru are exotic species including hermits pelicans and what appears to be a juvenile parrot. Peruvian hermit birds live far to the north and east of the nasca world heritage site and probably came a little closer 1000 2400 years ago when the geoglyphs were made.
Now researchers have found some of perus massive creations depict non native birds. According to live science s stephanie pappas an etching once identified as a hummingbird actually portrays a hermit a subgroup of hummingbird known to live in the forested regions of northern. This could help us to understand why they were created.
One of the most famous geoglyphs of nazca a drawing previously thought to be a hummingbird has been reclassified as a hermit. Masaki eda in a new study researchers re examined 16 of the geoglyphs formed by the nazca lines. The hermit bird is a bird found in the rainforest and the pelican is from the coast all far from the deserts where the monuments are found.
Among the 16 massive bird carvings in the nazca desert of southern peru are a hermit a forest species and a pelican a coastal bird according to research published in june 2019 in the journal of archaeological science. Scientists were able to re identify 16 bird geoglyphs from perus mysterious nazca lines. Livescience quotes eda as saying i believe that the motifs of the animal geoglyphs are closely related to the purpose of why they were etched.
The long and thin bill. One drawing that was previously thought to be a hummingbird has been re classified as a hermit. Among the 16 massive bird carvings in the nazca desert of southern peru are a hermit a forest species and a.