Thomas Marent / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird in defensive posture, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Pete Oxford / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Greg Basco/ BIA / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbirds feeding on Sanchezia (Sanchezia sp) flower nectar, Ecuador

Lucas Bustamante / Velvet-purple coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) perched on twig, Mashpi, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Lucas Bustamante / Velvet-purple coronet (Boissonneaua jardini). Mashpi, Pichincha, Ecuador.

Thomas Marent / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird pair in aggressive display over flower, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird in aggressive display against juvenile over flower, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird juvenile feeding on flower nectar, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird in aggressive display against juvenile feeding on flower nectar, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Murray Cooper / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male feeding on flower nectar, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) males, one feeding on flower nectar, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) male feeding on flower nectar near Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) female, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Melvin Grey / Velvet-purple coronet hummingbird (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird adult male perched, Mindo Loma, Ecuador

Melvin Grey / Velvet-purple coronet hummingbird (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird adult male feeding from flower, Mindo Loma, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird, Angel Paz Reserve, Andes, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male feeding on nectar, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male feeding on nectar, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male on flower, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini), Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini), Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Velvet purple coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) Angel Paz reserve, Mindo region, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini), Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird, Angel Paz Reserve, Mindo Valley, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini), Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird feeding, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird feeding, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Rolf Nussbaumer / Velvet-Purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini), adult perched, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Velvet-Purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini), adult feeding on bromeliad flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Velvet-Purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) adult perched feeding on flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, February

Pete Oxford / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird, feeding at flower while flying, cloud forest ecosystem, west slope of the Andes Mountains, Ecuador

E.J. Peiker/ BIA / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador

Thomas Marent / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird pair in aggressive display over flower, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird stretching, Colombia

Karine Aigner / Velvet-purple coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird, Mindo, Ecuador.

Nick Hawkins / Velvet-purple coronet hummingbird (Boissonneaua jardini) visits a flower in cloud forest, Choco region, Northwestern Ecuador.

Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a Velvet purple coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) hummingbird feeding from a Cavendishia flower, western slopes of the Andes, Ecuador.