Birds of Ecuador

○   ←   APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)   →
Genus: Heliothryx (2 species, 2 worldwide)


Black-eared Fairy
Black-eared Fairy (Heliothryx auritus)
Inírida, Guainía, Colombia   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Purple-crowned Fairy
Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti) Female
Ranch Margot, Costa Rica   		   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.
Fairies fly differently than other hummingbirds. You will understand when you see it.

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Really Experimental sites:       Guyana       Cuba