Easily confused with the Blue-bellied Violetear, the Lesser Violetear is relatively easy to identify because it lacks the patch of blue feathers that gives its larger “cousin” its name. It is also smaller, but the 2 cm difference isn’t all that noticeable in the field, and even less so in photographs.
I spent my time at Manu Birds Sanctuary experimenting with shutter speeds, as it was raining on and off and I wanted to recreate some photographs I had seen where raindrops take on different shapes and appearances.
🇬🇧 Lesser Violetear 🔬 Colibri cyanotus 🇪🇸 Oreja-Violeta Menor 🗺️ Manu Birds Sanctuary, Manu Road, Cusco, Peru 🗓️ August 2026
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