Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama.
South-eastern Mexico (eastern Tabasco, north-eastern Chiapas) and Belize southern on Caribbean slope to Nicaragua, then both slopes of Costa Rica and Panama through western Colombia (east to lower and middle Magdalena Valley, south to northern Caldas) to south-western Ecuador (El Oro).
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.
Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).
Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti) [XC894935]
by Mike Nelson from Santa Elena, Costa Rica (alarm call)
Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti) [XC166198]
by Mike Nelson from Las Heliconias Lodge, Volcan Tenorio, Alajuela, Costa Rica (call)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Black-eared Fairy (Heliothryx auritus), with which sometimes regarded as conspecific. There is a narrow zone of distributional overlap exists in north-western Colombia, but both taxa maintain their distinctness.
BirdLife International Species Factsheet