Kinich Kakmó, which is Mayan for "the fire macaw with the sun face," is a solar deity in Mayan mythology, said to bring about scorching heat and drought. There are glyphic references to Kinich Kakmó and other variations in Mayan codices like the Dresden Codex, which sought to document and give ethnographic accounts of indigenous Mayan society.
A temple dedicated to Kinich Kakmó can be found in Izamal, one of the biggest Mayan urban centers in northern Yucatán before its Spanish conquest. The temple was a site of daily sacrifice to Kinich Kakmó, who was said to descend upon the temple in the form of a macaw to pick up the offerings.