Best Iridescent Purple
The Purple Emperor (Apatura iris) is a large butterfly native to the woodlands of central and southern Europe. The males are notable for the iridescent purple-blue sheen on their wings, a coloration entirely absent in the larger females. They spend much of their time high in the forest canopy, feedi...
The Purple-throated Starfrontlet (Coeligena helianthea) is a hummingbird of the Andes, occurring in Colombia and western Venezuela. The male is notable for its vivid iridescent purple throat patch, which contrasts with otherwise greenish-bronze plumage. Females are generally duller, with a speckled...
The Purple-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia rosenbergi) is a hummingbird of the Pacific slope of western Colombia and Ecuador. The male is identified by its distinctive iridescent purple breast patch set against green upperparts, while females are generally duller in coloration. It inhabits humid lowla...
The purple-throated woodstar, Philodice mitchellii, is a small hummingbird of humid and montane forests in western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. Adult males have a brilliant purple throat, green upperparts, and a deeply forked tail, while females are less iridescent and have paler underparts. L...
The Purple-collared Woodstar (Myrtis fanny) is a small hummingbird found in western Ecuador and Peru, principally in arid and semi-arid country west of the Andes. The adult male is distinguished by an iridescent purple gorget bordered below by a white breast band, while the female lacks this vivid t...
The Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus) is a medium-sized hummingbird of humid highland forests in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and western Panama. Adult males are identified by a vivid violet-purple gorget, dark head, and green upperparts, while females lack the purple throat and have war...
