Animals, Birds, A female Green-crowned Brilliant Hummingbird, Heliodoxa jacula, feeds on the nectar of a tropical banana plant in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A male Magnificent Hummingbird, Eugenes fulgens, feeds on a tropical Costus flower in Costa Rica. The position of the bird's wing illustrates the figure-eight beat pattern of hummingbi...

Animals, Birds, A female Purple-throated Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lamporis calolaemus, feeds on the nectar of a Lobster Claw Heliconia flower in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A female Purple-throated Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lamporis calolaemus, photographed in high key lighting for artistic effect. Costa Rica

Animals, Birds, A female Purple-throated Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lamporis calolaemus, feeds on the nectar of a tropical Hot Lips Flower in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A female Purple-throated Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lamporis calolaemus, feeds on the nectar of a torpical Rubiaceae flower in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Amazilia tzacatl, feeds on a tropical blueberry flower in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A female Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Amazilia tzacatl, sits on her nest in Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A female Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Amazilia tzacatl, feeds one of her babies in her nest in Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A female Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Amazilia tzacatl, on her nest in Tortuguero National Park in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A male White-bellied Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lampornis hemileucus, feeds on a tropical Lobster Claw Heliconia in Costa Rica.

Animals, Birds, A male White-bellied Mountain-gem Hummingbird, Lampornis hemileucus, feeds on a tropical blueberry flower in Costa Rica. Photographed in high key lighting for artistic effect.