Sparkling violetear,



Quito, Ecuador, March 16, 2016.
One of the many species of hummingbirds we saw on our trip to Ecuador.
Colibri coruscans
The sparkling violetear forages for nectar from a wide variety of flowering plants at all levels of the forest from the ground to the canopy. It also captures insects on the wing. It is very aggressive in most habitats, dominating all other hummingbirds while defending flowering trees, but aggression has not been observed in the páramo.
source - Anamilia- bio

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