Melvin Grey / Purple-throated woodstar hummingbird (Calliphlox mitchellii) hummingbird male flying to garden flower, Mindo Loma, Ecuador

Ingo Arndt / Purple-throated woodstar (Calliphlox mitchellii) hummingbird nectaring on flower. Western slope of Andes, Ecuador. October.

Ingo Arndt / Purple-throated woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) nectaring on Banana (Musa sp) flower. Western slope of Andes, Ecuador. October.

Melvin Grey / Purple-throated woodstar hummingbird (Calliphlox mitchellii) hummingbird adult male, approaching food plant. Tandayapa Lodge, Ecuador

Melvin Grey / Purple-throated woodstar hummingbird (Calliphlox mitchellii) hummingbird adult male Tandayapa, Ecuador.

Guy Edwardes / Purple-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox mitchellii) Bellavista, Ecuador

Visuals Unlimited / Purple throated Woodstar Hummingbird (Calliphlox mitchellii) hovering and feeding at a red tubular flower, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador.

Visuals Unlimited / Purple throated Woodstar Hummingbird (Calliphlox mitchellii) perched on a branch, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador.

Visuals Unlimited / Purple throated Woodstar Hummingbirds (Calliphlox mitchellii) hovering and feeding at a red tubular flower, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador.

Visuals Unlimited / Purple throated Woodstar Hummingbird (Calliphlox mitchellii) perched on a branch, Tandayapa Valley, Ecuador.

Mike Potts / Male Purple throated woodstar (Calliphlox mitchellii) Tandayapa, Ecuador.

Tui De Roy / Purple throated woodstar (Calliphlox mitchellii) at rest, Tandayapa Valley, 1500m altitude, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Tui De Roy / Purple throated woodstar (Calliphlox mitchellii) hovering with wings blurred, Bellavista cloud forest private reserve, 1700m altitude, Tandayapa Valley, Andean cloud forest, Ecuador

Pete Oxford / Purple-throated Woodstar {Calliphlox mitchellii} at hand held feeder, Ecuador Mindo Cloud

Nick Garbutt / Purple throated woodstar at feeder {Calliphlox mitchellii} Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) female feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador

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

Konrad Wothe / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) male feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) male feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) male, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) female feeding on nectar, Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii), Ecuador

Glenn Bartley / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) pair feeding at flower, Ecuador

Tim Fitzharris / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) hummingbird hovering near Bougainveillea flower, Ecuador

Thomas Marent / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) hummingbird male flying, Tatama National Park, Colombia

Konrad Wothe / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) female feeding on flower nectar, Ecuador

Konrad Wothe / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) male, Ecuador

Tom Vezo / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) hummingbird feeding on flower nectar

Michael & Patricia Fogden / Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii) hummingbird male in cloud forest, Tandayapa Valley, western slope of Andes, Ecuador