Purple-crowned fairy
| Purple-crowned fairy | |
|---|---|
| Purple-crowned Fairy on nest at La Selva Biological Station, outside Puerto Viejo de Sarapiquí in Costa Rica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Heliothryx |
| Species: | H. barroti |
| Binomial name | |
| Heliothryx barroti (Bourcier, 1843) | |
The purple-crowned fairy (Heliothryx barroti) is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae, the mangoes. It is found from southeastern Mexico south into northern Peru.