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Sparkling Violetear

Colibri coruscans

Photo by AlbertKang
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Description:

Small bird, mostly shiny blue and green in colours.

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Sparkling violetear

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Sparkling Violetear

Colibri coruscans

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Malcolm Wilton-Jones
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Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Cannot see the ears clearly on your pictures but the general shape and colour of what we can see looks close to Sparkling Violetear. I just searched on "Blue Hummingbird Ecuador" and it was the closest I found. There may of course be others.

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