Ecuador Pictures
Ecuador is a land of contrasts, from the western shores to the great Andes cloud forests. Hiding on the slopes of South America’s tallest mountains are some of the world’s most beautiful hummingbirds. Among our Ecuador photos, you’ll find close-up pictures of hummingbirds sipping nectar, mountain toucans perching on branches, and other rare sights of the cloud forest. Check out our Ecuador photo gallery for stock images or gifts today.
Booted Racket Tail Hummingbirds Fight Over A FlowerBooted racket-tail hummingbirds fight over the right to feed from a flower. Hummingbirds will attack each other to secure the rights to feed from flowers and expend large amounts of energy doing so.
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Stock Image #20150524-141654
Brown Violetear HummingbirdA Brown Violetear Hummingbird (Colibri delphinae) is photographed as it approaches the nectar of a local flower. The Violetear is found in middle elevations in Central America, primarily in the Andes, Costa Rica and the Tepuis, with some in Trinidad.
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Stock Image #20120603-114411A
Close Up Of A Violet Tailed Sylph Drinking From An Orange FlowerLook closely as a Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis) feeds off an orange flower while in flight in the Tandayapa Valley of Ecuador. Male Violet-tailed Sylphs are 3.2 inches longer than females. Violet-tailed Sylphs are solitary and do not gather at flowering trees.
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Stock Image #20180517-124258
Green Crowned Brilliant Hummingbird And White Bellied Woodstar HA female green-crowned brilliant hummingbird sits atop a reddish-yellow flower and watches a female white-bellied woodstar hummingbird sip the nectar from the plant.
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Stock Image #20130531-155031
Plate Billed Mountain Toucan In ProfileA plate-billed mountain toucan in the Mindo Cloudforest. From this angle, you can see all its colors clearly, from its blue-gray belly and chestnut wings to the rectangular plate on its bill.
Where there’s one plate-billed mountain toucan, there’s almost always more. They live in monogamous pairs, and often gather together in larger groups of family and friends.
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Where there’s one plate-billed mountain toucan, there’s almost always more. They live in monogamous pairs, and often gather together in larger groups of family and friends.
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Purple Throated Woodstar And A Violet Tailed SylphA Purple-throated Woodstar, and a Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis), in the Tandayapa Valley. Two different species of hummingbirds simultaneously feeding off of the same flower. A magnificent sight that can be seen in the Tandayapa Valley of Ecuador.
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Stock Image #20180517-134940
Purple Throated Woodstar HummingbirdA Purple-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox mitchellii) hummingbird enjoys the nectar of a Tiger Eye Flowering Maple, which resembles a Chinese Lantern.
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Stock Image #2012060-065013