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Violet-crowned brilliants are large, aggressive hummingbirds from neotropical forests. They are very assertive around feeders and where these pictures were taken they were constantly battling with sparkling violet-ears. Males are easily recognized by their glittering green plumage and intensely purple-blue crowns; females look a lot like many-spotted hummingbirds but have white malar stripes. I photographed these in a small garden on the Manu road on the eastern slope of the Andes in Peru. |
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