Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | colibrí fada coronat |
| Czech | kolibřík purpurovohlavý |
| Dutch | Paarskopfeeënkolibrie |
| English | Purple-crowned Fairy |
| English (United States) | Purple-crowned Fairy |
| French | Colibri féérique |
| French (France) | Colibri féérique |
| German | Purpurkron-Schmuckkolibri |
| Japanese | スミレセンニョハチドリ |
| Norwegian | purpurkronealv |
| Polish | skrzacik czapkowy |
| Russian | Колибри-фея |
| Serbian | Vilinski kolibri ljubičaste glave |
| Slovak | jagavička čiapočkatá |
| Spanish | Colibrí Hada Occidental |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Colibrí Picopunzón |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Hada Coronipúrpura |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Colibrí Corona Púrpura |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Colibrí Hada Enmascarada |
| Spanish (Panama) | Hada Coronipúrpura |
| Spanish (Peru) | Colibrí-Hada de Corona Púrpura |
| Spanish (Spain) | Colibrí hada occidental |
| Swedish | purpurkronad blomnymf |
| Turkish | Mor Taçlı Ormanperisi |
| Ukrainian | Колібрі-фея фіолетоволобий |
Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
Version: 1.0 — Published November 15, 2013
Behavior
Introduction
Purple-crowned Fairy primarily forages in the midstory and canopy, coming lower at forest edge (Slud 1964, Stiles and Skutch 1989, Howell and Webb 1995). When visiting flowers for nectar, may insert the bill into the flower corolla, but also frequently pierces the bases of flowers (McDade and Kinsman 1980, Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Purple-crowned Fairy forages for arthropods by hovering and gleaning from foliage (in contrast to many other species of hummingbirds, which sally after flying insects), and consumes more spiders than insects (Stiles 1995).
Purple-crowned Fairy splash-bathes in puddles and other bodies of quiet water (Smithe 1966, Howell and Webb 1995).
Territoriality
Little information. Purple-crowned Fairy apparently does not maintain territories, but nonetheless is aggressive, and is "able to withstand attacks of most territorial [species of] hummingbirds" (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Sexual Behavior
Little information. Purple-crowned Fairy presumably is polygynous, as are most if not all species of hummingbirds (Schuchmann 1999: 509).
Social and interspecific behavior
Purple-crowned Fairy usually is solitary, as is typical of hummingbirds.
Predation
No documented reports of predation on Purple-crowned Fairy?
