6♠ · Red-billed Streamertail · Air · The Flyers
Red-billed Streamertail
Jamaica · National bird (the 'Doctor Bird')
Small joys heal.
The Little Doctor
Power · Body
2
Instinct · Mind
76
Resilience · Spirit
58
The message
Jamaicans call this hummingbird the Doctor Bird. Hummingbirds live at full speed, sipping sweetness all day and resting deeply at night. Your medicine today is both: a small dose of joy, and real rest.
Ask yourself
What small sweetness could I add to today?
The animal
Found only in Jamaica, the male trails two long tail streamers as it flies.
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About the animal
- Scientific name
- Trochilus polytmus
- Country
- Jamaica
- Status
- National bird (the 'Doctor Bird')
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- True story
- Hovers and flies backwards; like other hummingbirds, its heart can top 1,000 beats a minute.
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