Paul Hobson / Green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula), three feeding on Lobster-claw (Heliconia sp) flower in rain. Costa Rica.

Phil Savoie / Green-crowned brillian hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) visiting Torch ginger flower (Etlingera elatior), Poas Volcano National Park Costa Rica

Bence Mate / White-throated Mountain Gem (Lampornis castaneoventris), Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) group of three with one in flight, Savegre, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) male taking off to feed at feeder in garden, another waiting perched on lichen covered branch, Costa Rica, January. Winner, Eric Hosking award at...

Rolf Nussbaumer / Empress Brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa imperatrix) male perched next to flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Edwin Giesbers / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula), Costa Rica

Pete Oxford / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird {Heliodoxa jacula} perching, Ecuador. Macipucunia

Pete Oxford / Violet fronted brilliant hummingbird {Heliodoxa leadbeateri} perching, Peru. Manu

Pete Oxford / Violet fronted brilliant hummingbird {Heliodoxa leadbeateri} Manu NP. Peru

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird juvenile male feeding at and pollinating Ginger (Costus montanus) flowers, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Costa Rica

Adrian Davies / Green-Crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) flying to flower to feed, Costa Rica

Adrian Davies / Green-Crowned brilliant hummingbirds (Heliodoxa jacula) feeding, perched on flower, Costa Rica

Adrian Davies / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) hovering while feeding on flower, Costa Rica

Adrian Davies / Green-Crowned Brilliant Hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) Costa Rica

Adrian Davies / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) nectaring on flower. Costa Rica.

Ingo Arndt / Fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides) hummingbird nectaring on flower. Western slope of Andes, Ecuador. October.

Melvin Grey / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) female hovering in front of flower, Atlantic cloud forest, Costa Rica

Melvin Grey / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) female, Atlantic clouds forest, Costa Rica.

Paul Hobson / Green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula), two perched on Lobster-claw (Heliconia sp) flower. Costa Rica.

Phil Savoie / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) visiting Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior), Poas Volcano National Park Costa Rica

Phil Savoie / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) drinking from nectar of African tulip tree (Spathodea campanulata) Costa Rica. This tree is an invasive species.

Phil Savoie / Green-crowned brillian hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) visiting Torch ginger (Etlingera elatior), Poas Volcano National Park Costa Rica

Phil Savoie / Green-crowned brillian-t hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) visiting Torch ginger flower (Etlingera elatior), Poas Volcano National Park Costa Rica

Phil Savoie / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula), sunbathing on Heliconia leaf, Poas Volcano National Park Costa Rica.

Doug Wechsler / Violet-fronted brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) Ecuador

Doug Wechsler / Violet-fronted brilliant (Heliodoxa leadbeateri) Ecuador

Doug Wechsler / Green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) Mashpi Cloud Forest Reserve, Ecuador.

Guy Edwardes / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) and Rufous tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) feeding from a Heliconia flower, Costa Rica.

Guy Edwardes / Green crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) feeding from a Heliconia flower, Costa Rica

Nick Garbutt / RF - Male Green-crowned Brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) hovering in flight. Montane forest, Bosque de Paz, Caribbean slope, Costa Rica, Central America. (This image may be licensed either as...

Melvin Grey / Green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) adult female feeding from flower while in flight. Juan Castro National Park, Costa Rica.

Bence Mate / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) on sign for Bence Mate's HidePhotography.com, which rents out hides for wildlife photography. Costa Rica.

Bence Mate / Green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbirds fighting, Savegre, Costa Rica

Bence Mate / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbirds (Heliodoxa jacula) fighting, Savegre, Costa Rica

Melvin Grey / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird female perched on flower, Juan Castro National Park, Costa Rica.

Melvin Grey / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird adult male flying to feed from Heliconia flower, Juan Castro National Park, Costa Rica.

Melvin Grey / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird adult male in flight, Juan Castro National Park, Costa Rica.

Melvin Grey / Green-crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) hummingbird adult male, feeding at Heliconia, Juan Castro National Park, Costa Rica.

Paul Hobson / Green crowned brilliant hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) feeding from from Heliconia flower, Central Highlands, Costa Rica

Guy Edwardes / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) perched, Mirador Rio Blanco, Ecuador

Guy Edwardes / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) perched, Mirador Rio Blanco, Ecuador

Guy Edwardes / Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) profile, perched, Mirador Rio Blanco, Ecuador

Visuals Unlimited / Green crowned Brilliant Hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) male feeding at and pollinating, while resting on bracts of flower. Heliconia flower, Misty Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.

Visuals Unlimited / Green crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) feeding at Heliconia flower at dusk, Costa Rica

Visuals Unlimited / Green crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) close up of feeding at Heliconia flower, Costa Rica

Visuals Unlimited / Green-crowned Brilliants (Heliodoxa jacula) two birds feeding from Gesneriaceae flower at sunset, Costa Rica

Visuals Unlimited / Green crowned Brilliant Hummingbird (Heliodoxa jacula) male feeding from Bird of Paradise (Heliconia) flower in Misty Cloud Forest, Costa Rica.

Visuals Unlimited / Green crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) feeding at Heliconia flower, Costa Rica