Violet-fronted Brilliant
Heliodoxa leadbeateri
 (L 5.5" Bill 1")
flash photos
Fairly common large
hummingbird at 900-2300 m.
A. Bennett
Hennessey,
XC3189
Amazonia Lodge
Peru
19May2009
Cock-of-the Rock
Peru Lodge24Sept2011
Hummingbird-like creatures existed
in what is now Germany about 30
million years ago.
(Noah Stryker)