Purple-crowned Fairies range from southernmost Mexico through Central America to Colombia and western Ecuador. They inhabit forests and tall, second-growth woodlands. You can also find them in gardens and forest edges. They often pierce flower-bases, taking a shortcut to extracting nectar. This behavior short-changes the flowers, which don’t get pollinated in the process (Arizmendi et al.).
This Purple-crowned Fairy perched motionless, high in the jungle canopy in Carara National Park on 4 July. No other Costa Rican hummingibrd has entirely white underparts.
This Purple-crowned Fairy perched motionless, high in the jungle canopy in Carara National Park on 4 July. No other Costa Rican hummingibrd has entirely white underparts.
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