Pete Oxford / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) flying, Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Nick Garbutt / Sparkling violetear (Colibri coruscans) fighting, at Jardin Encantado (The Enchanted Garden), mid-elevation Andes, outside Bogota, Colombia.

Nick Garbutt / Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans) at feeder, Jardin Encantado (The Enchanted Garden), mid-elevation Andes, Bogota, Colombia, South America.

Glenn Bartley / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans), Manu National Park, Peru

Glenn Bartley / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans), Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird stretching wings, Andes, Ecuador

Hiroya Minakuchi / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Heath (Cavendishia bracteata) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Heath (Cavendishia bracteata) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Heath (Cavendishia bracteata) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird flying, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird feeding on nectar, Andes, Ecuador