Violet-crowned Hummingbird
Ramosomyia violiceps
Family: Hummingbirds
Violet-crowned Hummingbird is one of the species in the BirdGuess catalog. The daily puzzle hides a photo and opens it in pieces. You get five guesses.
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In addition to nectar, it feeds on small insects by hawking from a perch and also by hover-gleaning from vegetation.
It forages for nectar while hovering; it feeds from a wide variety of flowering plants and shrubs.
Where flowers are plentiful it and other hummingbirds appear to feed with little agonistic behavior but where they are scarce this species attempts to defend flower patches from smaller hummingbirds.