Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding, pollinating epiphytic orchid flower, cloud forest ecosystem, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding and pollinating flowers of epiphytic Heath (Cavendishia capitulata), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding at and pollinating flowers of epiphytic Heath (Macleania insignis), Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding on Heath (Cavendishia complectens) flowers, cloud forest, Costa Rica

John Downer / Sparkling violetear hummingbird {Colibri coruscans} feeding Venezuela

JIM CLARE / Sparkllng violetear hummingbird, (Colibri coruscans). Azuay, Andes, Southern Ecuador.

JIM CLARE / Sparkllng violetear hummingbird, (Colibri coruscans), Azuay, Andes, Southern Ecuador.

JIM CLARE / Sparkllng violetear hummingbird, (Colibri coruscans), displaying, Azuay, Andes, Southern Ecuador.

JIM CLARE / Sparkllng violetear hummingbird, (Colibri coruscans), displaying, Azuay, Andes, Southern Ecuador.

Oscar Dewhurst / Sparkling violetear (Colibri coruscans) perched. Cusco, Peru. February. Cropped

David Pattyn / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird in flight, Mindo cloud forest ecosystem, Ecuador, July

David Pattyn / Brown violetear hummingbird (Colibri delphinae) adult male, Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July