A Purple-Crowned Fairy Told Me So
Purple-Crowned Fairy
Anyone who speaks this list aloud
(Latin names not required)
casts a bodacious Beauty Spell.
Ecuadorian hummingbirds
will fly out of your spirit mouth.
The poetry of blazing color
and largeheartedness
will surround, not only you,
but our whole planethome.
It will bring us back to grace.
A Purple-crowned Fairy,
a Fork-tailed Woodnymph,
and a Shining Sunbeam
told me so.
Go ahead, I dare you.
- Fiery topaz, Topaza pyra
- Bronzy hermit, Glaucis aeneus
- Stripe-throated hermit, Phaethornis striigularis
- Blue-fronted lancebill, Doryfera johannae
- Sparkling violetear, Colibri coruscans
- Purple-crowned fairy, Heliothryx barroti
- Black-eared fairy, Heliothryx auritus
- Green-tailed goldenthroat, Polytmus theresiae(H)
- Fiery-tailed awlbill, Avocettula recurvirostris
- Black-throated mango, Anthracothorax nigricollis
- Amethyst-throated sunangel, Heliangelus amethysticollis
- Tourmaline sunangel, Heliangelus exortis
- Wire-crested thorntail, Discosura popelairii
- Spangled coquette, Lophornis stictolophus
- Ecuadorian piedtail, Phlogophilus hemileucurus
- Violet-tailed sylph, Aglaiocercus coelestis
- Mountain avocetbill, Opisthoprora euryptera
- Green-tailed trainbearer, Lesbia nuna
- Blue-mantled thornbill, Chalcostigma stanleyi
- Rainbow-bearded thornbill, Chalcostigma herrani
- Viridian metaltail, Metallura williami
- Turquoise-throated puffleg, Eriocnemis godini
- Sapphire-vented puffleg, Eriocnemis luciani
- Emerald-bellied puffleg, Eriocnemis aline
- Shining sunbeam, Aglaeactis cupripennis
- Collared Inca, Coeligena torquata
- Rainbow starfrontlet, Coeligena iris
- Mountain velvetbreast, Lafresnaya lafresnayi
- Great sapphirewing, Pterophanes cyanopterus
- Velvet-purple coronet, Boissonneaua jardini
- Booted racket-tail, Ocreatus underwoodii
- Purple-bibbed whitetip, Urosticte benjamini
- Pink-throated brilliant, Heliodoxa gularis
- Gould’s jewelfront, Heliodoxa aurescens
- Empress brilliant, Heliodoxa imperatrix
- Violet-fronted brilliant, Heliodoxa leadbeateri
- Blue-tufted starthroat, Heliomaster furcifer(H)
- Purple-collared woodstar, Myrtis fanny
- Esmeraldas woodstar, Chaetocercus berlepschi(EM)
- Andean hillstar, Oreotrochilus estella
- Blue-throated hillstar, Oreotrochilus cyanolaemus(E-M)
- Lazuline sabrewing, Campylopterus falcatus
- Bronze-tailed plumeleteer, Chalybura urochrysia
- Crowned woodnymph, Thalurania colombica
- Fork-tailed woodnymph, Thalurania furcata
- Amazilia hummingbird, Amazilis amazilia
- Golden-tailed sapphire, Chrysuronia oenone
- Blue-headed sapphire, Chrysuronia grayi
- Glittering-throated emerald, Chionomesa fimbriata
- Sapphire-spangled emerald, Chionomesa lactea(H)
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Fork-tailed Woodnymph
Shining Sunbeam
