Doug Wechsler / Andean emerald hummingbird (Amazilia franciae) feeding from flower, Buenaventura Reserve, Ecuador.

Ingo Arndt / Andean emerald (Amazilia franciae) nectaring on Banana (Musa sp) flower. Western slope of Andes, Ecuador. October.

David Pattyn / Andean Emerald Hummingbird (Amazilia franciae) , Mindo cloud forest area, Ecuador, July

Doug Wechsler / Andean emerald hummingbird (Amazilia franciae) Province El Oro, Buenaventura Biological Reserve, Ecuador, February

Tim Laman / Andean Emerald Hummingbird (Amazilia franciae), Milpe Cloudforest Rerserve, Ecuador, January.

Mike Potts / Andean emerald hummingbird (Amazilia franciae), Tandayapa, Ecuador.

Tui De Roy / Western emerald hummingbird (Chlorostilbon melanorhynchus) Tandayapa Valley, 1500m altitude, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Nick Garbutt / Andean emerald hummingbird (Amazilia franciae) feeding at flower. Tandayapa Valley, W. Andes, Ecuador (Digitally Modified).

Rolf Nussbaumer / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) adult perched on fern covered in rain drops, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) adult feeding from flower, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Rolf Nussbaumer / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) adult feeding from ginger flower during rain fall, Mindo, Ecuador, Andes, South America, January

Nick Garbutt / Andean Emerald (Hummingbird) (Amazilia franciae) feeding from feeder, Tandayapa Valley, W. Andes, Ecuador.

Nick Garbutt / Andean Emerald Hummingbird (Amazilia franciae) hovering, Tandayapa Valley, Andes, Ecuador.

Nick Garbutt / Andean emerald hummingbird {Amazilia franciae} Tandayapa Cloud forest, Ecuador

Ingo Arndt / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird male feeding on heliconia flower, Andes western slope, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) female and Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird at feeder, Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) visiting flowers, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae), Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae), Ecuador

Steve Gettle / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird calling, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) with Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii) female flying in lowland rainforest, Ecuador

Murray Cooper / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) with Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii) female in lowland rainforest, Ecuador

Tim Fitzharris / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird feeling on yellow flower, Ecuador

Tim Fitzharris / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird feeding on a yellow flower, Ecuador

Ingo Arndt / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar, western slope, Andes, Ecuador

Thomas Marent / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird stretching, Tatama National Park, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Thomas Marent / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird, Las Tangaras Bird Reserve, Colombia

Steve Gettle / Andean Emerald (Amazilia franciae) hummingbird calling, Ecuador