Thomas Marent / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird bathing, Bogota, Colombia

Murray Cooper / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird males fighting, Ecuador, digitally manipulated

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

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird, Colombia

Oliver Geiseler/ BIA / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) juvenile, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird flapping, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Sparkling Violet-ear (Colibri coruscans) hummingbird, Ecuador