Paul Hobson / Green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula), three feeding on Lobster-claw (Heliconia sp) flower in rain. Costa Rica.

Phil Savoie / Green-crowned brillian hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) visiting Torch ginger flower (Etlingera elatior), Poas Volcano National Park Costa Rica

Bence Mate / White-throated Mountain Gem (Lampornis castaneoventris), Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) group of three with one in flight, Savegre, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) male taking off to feed at feeder in garden, another waiting perched on lichen covered branch, Costa Rica, January. Winner, Eric Hosking award at...

Rolf Nussbaumer / Empress Brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa imperatrix) male perched next to flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Edwin Giesbers / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula), Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird {Heliodoxa jacula} perching, Ecuador. Macipucunia

Pete Oxford / Violet fronted brilliant hummingbird {Heliodoxa leadbeateri} perching, Peru. Manu

Pete Oxford / Violet fronted brilliant hummingbird {Heliodoxa leadbeateri} Manu NP. Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird juvenile male feeding at and pollinating Ginger (Costus montanus) flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Adrian Davies / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) nectaring on flower. Costa Rica.

Ingo Arndt / Fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) hummingbird nectaring on flower. Western slope of Andes, Ecuador. October.