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Ecuador: Hummingbird to be identified (1 Viewer)

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Which speices of Hummingbird is this? Photo is from Baeza, November 2019.
 

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On shape looks to me like a Brilliant, and for the location, with that green chest and the face markings, I'd suggest an immature Violet-fronted Brilliant.
 
I agree on Violet-fronted. I have pictures of the same bird turning its head and therefore switching between brown and violet impression.

Niels
 
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