Graeme Guy / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male feeding on flower nectar, Costa Rica

Glenn Bartley / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) female feeding on nectar, Costa Rica

Steve Gettle / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male flying, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male perched in lowland rainforest, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male feeding on passion flower nectar, Costa Rica

Phil Savoie / Territorial Rufous-tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) fighting off Violet crowned woodnymph hummingbird (Thalurania colombica) from Heliconia flower(Heliconia latispatha), La Selva, Costa Rica.

Phil Savoie / Violet crowned woodnymph hummingbird ( Thalurania colombica) male, visiting Porterweed (Stachytarpheta sp.) Talamancan montane forest, Costa Rica.

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, Costa Rica

Glenn Bartley/ BIA / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) feeding on flower nectar, Colombia

Glenn Bartley / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird bathing, Costa Rica

Greg Basco / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird flying, Costa Rica

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Violet-capped Woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis) feeding on Grevillea banksii flowers (native of Australia) in the lowland Southern Bahia Atlantic Rainforest, Estacao Veracel Private Nature Heritage Res...

Angelo Gandolfi / Violet-capped woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis), male, Parana State, Iguazu, Brazil, September.

Paul Hobson / Crowned woodnymph (Thalurania columbica) at rest, Costa Rica

Glenn Bartley / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) male, Costa Rica

Glenn Bartley / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica), Costa Rica

Glenn Bartley / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) male hovering, Costa Rica

Glenn Bartley / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) male bathing, Costa Rica

Roland Seitre / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) male, Costa Rica

Suzi Eszterhas / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) male, northern Costa Rica

Steve Gettle / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male flying, Costa Rica

Steve Gettle / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male feeding on flower nectar, Costa Rica

Mary McDonald / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) male perched in tree, Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica, Central America.

Mary McDonald / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) male perched in tree, Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica, Central America.

Mary McDonald / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) male perched in tree, Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica, Central America.

Murray Cooper / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male, Colombia

Murray Cooper / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird female, Colombia

Tom Vezo / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male feeding on Heliconia flowers (Heliconia latispatha), Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male perching on branch in rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male landing on Heliconia (Heliconia latispatha) flower, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird female brooding on nest in rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male perched in lowland rainforest, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male perched on Heliconia (Heliconia latispatha) lowland rainforest, Costa Rica

Tui De Roy / Green-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi) hummingbird male feeding from feeder, western Andes cloud forest, Maquipucuna Reserve, Ecuador

Thomas Marent / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird, Tatama National Park, Colombia

Steve Gettle / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male flying, Costa Rica

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird male perched on Heliconia (Heliconia latispatha) flowers, Costa Rica

Maxime Aliaga / Violet-capped woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis) and Brazilian ruby (Clytolaema rubricauda) hummingbirds feeding on flower in Atlantic rainforest, Brazil. Composite image.

Maxime Aliaga / Violet-capped woodnymph hummingbird (Thalurania glaucopis) male, feeding on flower in Atlantic rainforest, Brazil.

Maxime Aliaga / Violet-capped woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis) and Brazilian ruby (Clytolaema rubricauda) hummingbirds feeding on flower in Atlantic rainforest, Brazil. Composite image.

Wim van den Heever / Violet-capped woodnymph hummingbird (Thalurania glaucopis) in flight, Atlantic Rainforest, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Roman Willi / Crowned woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) male, perched on flower, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica.

Roland Seitre / Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) hummingbird, Willie Mazu Ecological Ranch, Panama

Maxime Aliaga / Violet-capped woodnymph (Thalurania glaucopis) perched, Iguazu National Park, Argentina