Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird, Colombia

Glenn Bartley / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus), Costa Rica

Tom Vezo / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird visiting flower, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird feeding at and pollinating epiphytic Orchid (Elleanthus sp), Costa Rica

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

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

Paul Hobson / Green violetear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird nectaring on Fuchsia (Fuchsia sp) flower. Costa Rica.

Thomas Marent / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird, Rio Blanco Nature Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird flying, Chicaque Natural Park, Colombia