Green Violet-ear
Green Violet-ear: Medium hummingbird, dark metallic green (appearing black in low light) with blue-violet cheek and breast patches. Wings have black primaries. Squared tail is blue-green with black band. Slightly decurved bill is black. Direct, hovering flight with rapid wing beats.
● Song:
"tsip-tsip", "t'iiiiissk, t'iiiiissk, t'iiiiissk"
● Foraging & Feeding:
Green Violet-ear: Feeds high to low in vegetation on nectar and insects.
● Breeding & nesting:
Green Violet-ear: Two white eggs are laid in a nest made of down, dry grass blades, and mosses bound with cobwebs and decorated with moss and lichens. Nest is built by the female and built on drooping twig or rootlet at a forest edge, stream bank, or an overhanging road bank. Incubation ranges from 14 to 18 days and is carried out by the female.
● Similar species:
Green Violet-ear: Blue-throated Hummingbird is larger, has blue throat, white tips on tail feathers, and two white lines on face.