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I'm not 100% these aren't just escaped pics from a nearby farm but I watched them from some distance for a couple of minutes, snapped a couple of digiscoped photos, and then they disappeared back into the forest. There aren't any pig farms in the immediate area that I was aware of (I was living here at the time).

buffy helmetcrest, Oxypogon stuebelii is a species of rare, threatened hummingbird, very local endemic, found only the high altitude paramo of the Central Andes of Colombia. Feeding at Monticalia vernicosa, Varnished Monticalia looking for insects; Listed as Vulnerable by the IUCN Red List. Los Nevados National Park, Nevado del Ruiz, paramao, central Andes, Termales del Ruiz, Columbia, South America; HelmetCrestB50497.CR2