page_title: Shining sunbeam
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Shining sunbeam / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Shining Sunbeam resting on a branch at San Jorge Eco-lodge, Quito, Ecuador
context_page_description: The Shining sunbeam is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
context_section_description: Short straight bill, male metallic dusky brown above, dark on crown and ear-coverts.  Area of glittering purple on lower back becoming coppery on rump and green on uppertail coverts.  Face and underparts cinnamon-rufous. Tail bronzy olive, lateral feathers with rufous on inner webs.  Female similar to male except lack most of glitter on back and rump.
caption: Showing glittering purple, green, and coppery on lower back and rump
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