Another John Gould style illustration, showing my favourite hummer and it's fiery-throated relative(on the right).
I have been doing some research into the Fiery-thoated Topaz (or the Inca topaz) and have found that it is often considered a seperate Genus and is found around SE Colombia, E Ecuador and NE Peru to NW Brazil (R Negro) and S Venezuela. John Gould was the first person from the West to discover and illustrate Topaza pyra in 1846, i think he would have most definetly laughed at my attempt!;)
Thanks for looking everyone, this one's for you Bernard, as you like sub-species:t: