Colibri

• Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans

  Its green plumage is marked by violet ear feathers and a blue belly patch. It guards flower-rich feeding areas, and males perform acrobatic courtship flights between trees.

• Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus

  The Lesser Violetear is a small hummingbird, about 11 cm long, found in the Andes from Colombia to Bolivia. In Peru it occurs in humid montane forest on the eastern slope and at high forest edges in the northwest.

• Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae

  This hummingbird has a brown body and iridescent blue-violet feathers near the ears. Trinidad holds an isolated population within the species' wider range.

• White-vented Violetear Colibri serrirostris

  This hummingbird lives in dry forest and dry savanna in South America. It has a violet-blue patch behind the eye and feeds on nectar.

• Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus

  A green hummingbird with shining violet-blue markings, it visits flowers along highland forest edges and clearings.

• Mexican Violetear Colibri thalassinus

  A green hummingbird with shining violet-blue markings, it visits flowers along highland forest edges and clearings.

• Sparkling Violetear Colibri coruscans

  Its green plumage is marked by violet ear feathers and a blue belly patch. It guards flower-rich feeding areas, and males perform acrobatic courtship flights between trees.

• Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae

  This hummingbird has a brown body and iridescent blue-violet feathers near the ears. Trinidad holds an isolated population within the species' wider range.

• Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus

  The Lesser Violetear is a small hummingbird, about 11 cm long, found in the Andes from Colombia to Bolivia. In Peru it occurs in humid montane forest on the eastern slope and at high forest edges in the northwest.

• White-vented Violetear Colibri serrirostris

  This hummingbird lives in dry forest and dry savanna in South America. It has a violet-blue patch behind the eye and feeds on nectar.