Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
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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 |
SPECIES
Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, and Thomas S. Schulenberg
Version: 1.0 — Published November 15, 2013
Version: 1.0 — Published November 15, 2013
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Diet and Foraging
Diet
Purple-crowned Fairy is primarily nectarivorous. The species visited by this hummingbird have not been investigated in detail, but include flowers of Passiflora, Guzmania, Cavendishia, Erythrina, Aphelendra, and Heliconia (McDade and Kinsman 1980, Stiles and Skutch 1989, Schuchmann 1999). Purple-crowned Fairy also consumes small arthropods (Slud 1964, Remsen et al. 1986, Stiles 1995).