Tui De Roy / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) incubating eggs at nest, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) at base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador), Andes, Ecuador, South America

Stephen Dalton / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in flight, feeding from flower

Stephen Dalton / Sparkling violetear hummingbird {Colibri coruscans} flying to flower, controlled conditions, from South America

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

Mike Potts / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) Wild Sumaco, Ecuador.

Tui De Roy / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans)at rest, Yanacocha Reserve, Jocotoco Foundation, 3,200m altitude on west slope of Pichincha Volcano, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans)in flight feeding at flowers, Bellavista cloud forest private reserve, 1700m altitude, Tandayapa Valley, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans)in flight, Bellavista cloud forest private reserve, 1700m altitude, Tandayapa Valley, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans)in flight, Bellavista cloud forest private reserve, 1700m altitude, Tandayapa Valley, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Stephen Dalton / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) bathing, controlled conditions

Stephen Dalton / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) perched, controlled conditions