Rolf Nussbaumer / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) male feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

John Shaw / Purple-bibbed whitetip hummingbird (Urosticte benjamini) feeding at flower. Ecuador, May.

Greg Basco/ BIA / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird feeding on Heliconia (Heliconia sp) flower nectar, Ecuador

Mary McDonald / Purple-bibbed whitetip hummingbird (Urosticte benjamini) flying, Choco Cloud Forest, Ecuador. April.

Oliver Geiseler/ BIA / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) male, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird male calling, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) male feeding on flower nectar near Velvet-purple Coronet (Boissonneaua jardini) male, Mashpi Rainforest Biodiversity Reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) male, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Melvin Grey / Purple-bibbed whitetip hummingbird (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird adult male, Mindo, Ecuador.

Glenn Bartley / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) feeding on nectar, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) female, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) male feeding on nectar, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini), Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Purple-bibbed whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) Angel Paz reserve, Mindo region, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Mike Wilkes / Purple bibbed whitetip (Urosticte benjami) perched on tree fern, Mindo, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Cinchona (Cinchona sp) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Cinchona (Cinchona sp) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) female, Mindo Cloud Forest, western slope of Andes, Ecuador

James Christensen / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird female perched on branch, Mindo, Ecuador

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail hummingbird (Ocreatus underwoodii) and Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini), adults feeding from Ginger flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) male feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) young male feeding from ginger flower in rain, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) young male feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Purple-bibbed Whitetip hummingbird (Urosticte benjamini) male flying to Ginger flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Booted Racket-tail hummingbird (Ocreatus underwoodii) flying / feeding and Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) perched, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, February

Rolf Nussbaumer / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) male perched, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) young male feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Tom Vezo / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird hovering near flower, Andes, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird hovering near flower, Andes, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Purple-bibbed whitetip {Urosticte benjamini} Mindo Cloud Forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Purple breasted whitetip hummingbird, female {Urosticte benjamini} Andes, Ecuador

Thomas Marent / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird female, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Purple-bibbed Whitetip (Urosticte benjamini) hummingbird male feeding on nectar of Cinchona (Cinchona sp) flower in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador