Thomas Marent / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) hummingbird, Rio Blanco Nature Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) hummingbird female feeding on flower nectar, Chicaque Natural Park, Colombia

Murray Cooper / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) males in territorial fight, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) males in territorial fight, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) male and female in territorial fight, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador

Ole Jorgen Liodden / Collared inca hummingbird (Coeligena torquata) in flight with bokeh affect in background, Ecuador

Guy Edwardes / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) perched, Belllavista, Ecuador

Guy Edwardes / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) in flight, Bellavista, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) male, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Collared inca (Coeligena torquata) in flight, Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Collared inca (Coeligena torquata) profile portrait, Guango private reserve, Papallacta Valley, Andean Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Collared inca (Coeligena torquata) hovering below flower about to feed, Bellavista cloud forest private reserve, 1700m altitude, Tandayapa Valley, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata fulgidigula) perched on branch, lower temperate forest, Zamora-Chinchipe, South Ecuador, South America.

Murray Cooper / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) hummingbird female feeding chicks in nest, Andes

Pete Oxford / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) hummingbird, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) hummingbird, Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador

Kevin Schafer / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) hummingbird male, Colombia

Rolf Nussbaumer / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) male feeding from Bomarea flower, Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) male feeding from Sage flower, Papallacta, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Pete Oxford / Collared Inca adult feeding chicks {Coeligena torquata fulgidigula} Mindo Cloud Forest, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Collared Inca adult feeding chicks {Coeligena torquata fulgidigula} Mindo Cloud Forest, Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Bomarea (Bomarea pardina) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Collared Inca (Coeligena torquata) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Bomarea (Bomarea pardina) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Andy Rouse / Collared Inca hummingbird (Coeligena torquata) perched on plant stem, feeding on nectar, cloud forest, Ecuador.