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

Tui De Roy / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) incubating eggs at nest, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) at base of Chimborazo Volcano (Highest mountain in Ecuador), Andes, Ecuador, South America

Stephen Dalton / Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in flight, feeding from flower

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

Stephen Dalton / Sparkling violetear hummingbird {Colibri coruscans} flying to flower, controlled conditions, from South America

John Downer / Sparkling violetear hummingbird {Colibri coruscans} feeding Venezuela

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