---
title: "Purple-crowned Fairy"
description: "Heliothryx barroti — Aves. The purple-crowned fairy (Heliothryx barroti) is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae, the mangoes."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/purple-crowned-fairy
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Purple-crowned Fairy

> Heliothryx barroti — Aves. The purple-crowned fairy (Heliothryx barroti) is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae, the mangoes.

- Scientific name: *Heliothryx barroti*
- Category: `birds` (Aves)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 961
- Wikidata: [Q1271908](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1271908)
- iNaturalist taxon: [6387](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/6387)

## Names

- en: Purple-crowned Fairy
- de: Purpurkron-Schmuckkolibri
- es: Colibrí Hada Enmascarada
- fr: Colibri féerique
- pl: Skrzacik czapkowy

## Countries with the most observations

CR (440), PA (138), EC (121), CO (63), BZ (38), GT (35), MX (29), HN (22)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple-crowned_fairy

## Photo

![Purple-crowned Fairy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/purple-crowned-fairy/medium.jpg)

Photo: Don Wellmann · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/162598492

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/purple-crowned-fairy?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).