Hummingbirds

Sparkling Violetear

Colibri coruscans

The Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans) is a 6.7 g town and farmland bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

6.7 g

Habitat

Human Modified

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

7

Recorded in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Chile.

Where to see it: Cock-of-the-Rock Lodge & Manu Paradise Lodge (Peru); Humedal Lucre-Huacarpay (Peru); WildSumaco Lodge (Ecuador); Reserva Ecológica Río Blanco · Lodge (Colombia); Cabañas San Isidro (Ecuador).

Photo: (c) capacoscar, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist