The Sparkling Violetear Hummingbird inhabit a large part of the Andes, from the Venezuelan Coastal Range, southern Venezuela's flat-topped mountains and adjacent northern Brazil south to northwestern Argentina. The most widely distributed species of hummingbird in the Andes is native to eight countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Guyana, Perú, and Venezuela. The Sparkling Violetear primarily feeds on nectar taken from a variety of brightly colored, scented flowers of trees, herbs, shrubs and epiphytes. This is a digital painting and composite.