Green-Crowned Brilliant (male II), Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve, Costa Rica, 2012

Green-Crowned Brilliant (male II), Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve, Costa Rica, 2012

Another Green-Crowned Brilliant, the most cooperative of the hummingbirds in the garden, and certainly one of the finest.

This image had a piece of string removed in post, and the blur on the rear leaf was increased, as well as the normal edits.

Green-Crowned Brilliant (female), Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve, Costa Rica, 2012

Green-Crowned Brilliant (female), Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve, Costa Rica, 2012

The female of the Green-Crowned Brilliant, Heliodoxa jacula, perched on a branch in the hummingbird garden at Monteverde Cloudforest Reserve.