Animals, Birds, A male Magnificent Hummingbird, Eugenes fulgens, photographed in flight with high-speed flash to stop the motion. Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A female Purple-throated Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lamporis calolaemus, feeds on the nectar of a Lobster Claw Heliconia flower in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A female Purple-throated Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lamporis calolaemus, photographed in high key lighting for artistic effect. Costa Rica

Animals, Birds, A female Purple-throated Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lamporis calolaemus, feeds on the nectar of a tropical Hot Lips Flower in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A female Purple-throated Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lamporis calolaemus, feeds on the nectar of a torpical Rubiaceae flower in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Amazilia tzacatl, feeds on a tropical blueberry flower in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A male White-bellied Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lampornis hemileucus, feeds on a tropical Lobster Claw Heliconia in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A male White-bellied Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lampornis hemileucus, feeds on a tropical blueberry flower in Costa Rica. Photographed in high key lighting for artistic effect.

Animals, Birds, A female White-bellied Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lampornis hemileucus, perches in a thicket of Porterweed in the cloud forest of Costa Rica.

Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, hovers at a tropical Hairy Heliconia, Heliconia vellerigera, to feed on nectar in Costa Rica.

Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, hovers at a tropical Hairy Heliconia, Heliconia vellerigera, to feed on nectar in Costa Rica.

Animals, Bird, Hummingbird, A male Violet Sabrewing Hummingbird, Campylopterus hemileucurus, approches a tropical Hairy Heliconia, Heliconia vellerigera, to feed on nectar in Costa Rica.