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

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.

Andy Rouse / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) perched on branch, reaching up to catch a bee, Cloud forest, Ecuador.

Maxime Aliaga / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in flight. Sacred Valley, Peru.

Andy Rouse / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in aggressive display, showing ears, in front of a Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) cloud forest, Ecuador.

Andy Rouse / Male Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) courtship display, showing ears, cloud forest, Ecuador.