It is the name of a genus of birds belonging to the family Trochilidae. They are known as hummingbirds, eagles, buzzers, three, birds fly, hermit hummingbirds, quinchas or hummingbirds. It means that it comes from the sky or was born in the sky. The Coeligena prunellei is known as the Prince of Arcabuco, a Colombian, emblematic tominejo of the municipality of Arcabuco in the Department of Boyacá (Colombia) and of which a beautiful stamp was issued.