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Image Title: Flowers of Fuchsia ampliata visited by a Sparkling Violetear Hummingbird (Colibri coruscans)
Image Credit: Luis A. Mazariegos
AJB Editor: Karl Niklas, Cornell University
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A Sparkling Violetear Hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) visiting flowers of Fuchsia ampliata near Yanacocha, on the slopes of Volcan Pichincha close to Quito, Ecuador. Nearly all of the New World species of Fuchsia are pollinated by hummingbirds, whereas the South Pacific species are pollinated mainly by honeyeaters (Meliphagidae).

Link to the AJB Abstract for the article:

Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of Fuchsia (Onagraceae) based on noncoding nuclear and chloroplast DNA data

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