green-crowned brilliant

And two more pictures of this Brilliant which unfortunately didn't make many appearances during our photo sessions. I like the sense of intent as the bird eyes up the flower.

This is a species for which I'm running out of pictures worth sharing, so the last few of these coming up. Still, I think the ones I haven't shown yet are worth looking at!

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula subsp. jamersoni) This juvenile was enjoying a few moments in the mud spa with the suns rays warming everything up. Umbrellabird Lodge in Buenaventura Reserve, west of Pias, El Oro Province, Ecuador. Tropical cloud forest at ca. 800 m (2,625 ft) elevation.

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula subsp. jamersoni) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Photographed on Brilliant-flowered Sanchezia (Sanchezia nobilis: Solanaceae). Umbrellabird Lodge in Buenaventura Reserve, west of Pias, El Oro Province, Ecuador. Western slope of the Andes; tropical...

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula subsp. jamersoni) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Umbrellabird Lodge in Buenaventura Reserve, west of Pias, El Oro Province, Ecuador. Tropical cloud forest at ca. 800 m (2,625 ft) elevation.

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula subsp. henryi) Female, species sexually dimorphic. Photographed at La Paz Waterfall Garden, Vera Blanca, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. Southern-slope of Pos Volcano. Caribbean-slope, submontane cloud forest at ca. 1,585 m (5,200 ft) elevation.

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula subsp. henryi) Juvenile male. Like most feeding stations the hummingbirds get habituated to humans. This is my wife holding a hand feeder. Photographed at La Paz Waterfall Garden, Vera Blanca, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. Southern-slope of Pos Volcano...

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula subsp. henryi) Male, species sexually dimorphic. Like most feeding stations hummingbirds get habituated to humans. This is my wife holding a hand feeder. Photographed at La Paz Waterfall Garden, Vera Blanca, Heredia Province, Costa Rica. Southern-slope...

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula henryi) Three subspecies are recognized, one is mapped for Costa Rica, subspecies henryi. Photographed in the Los Angeles Cloud Forest on Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Hotel property. Los Angeles de San Ramn, Alajuela Province, Costa Rica. Subtropical...

Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula henryi) Three subspecies are recognized, one is mapped for Costa Rica, subspecies henryi. Photographed at La Paz Waterfall Gardens and Peace Lodge, Heredia Province, Costa Rica at ca. 1,585 m (5,200 ft) elevation, Caribbean slope. Lower montane cloud...

Green-crowned Brilliants are common hummingbirds in the cloud forests of Costa Rica although they are much easier to see at feeders. This female was at feeders behind the Arboleda restaurant along the road between San Ramon and San Lorenzo.