Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti |
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Guatemala and Ecuador The Purple-crowned Fairy is distributed from south-east Mexico through Central America to western Colombia and south-west Ecuador. See the distribution map at xeno-canto. It is found in lowland forest and forest edges mainly up to 500m. |
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It feeds mainly on nectar sometimes by piercing the base of the flower and also hawks for small insects.
These photos are of male birds with a purple crown (lacking in the female) and a green band between the black band under the eye and the white throat. |
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