It means very valuable, highly esteemed, highly valued. It is the name of a genus of South American hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. There are 3 species of hummingbirds, of which 2 have been found in Colombia (P . guainumbi, which is the golden hummingbird, plain or eye mask hummingbird and P. theresiae, called Teresa hummingbird, coliverde hummingbird or Slavic hummingbird).
