Birds of the World

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Heliangelus (9 species)


Amethyst-throated Sunangel
Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis amethysticollis) Male
Range: SA: s Ecuador to nw Bolivia
Wayqecha, Peru
  Small but not tiny.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Amethyst-throated Sunangel
Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis amethysticollis) Female
Range: SA: s Ecuador to nw Bolivia
Wayqecha, Peru
  Female has 'throat rusty with some black flecks' (HBW)
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Longuemare's Sunangel
Longuemare's Sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse clarisse)
Range: SA: e Colombia and w Venezuela
La Calera, Cundinamarca, Colombia
  Split from Amethyst Sunangel.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Tourmaline Sunangel
Tourmaline Sunangel (Heliangelus exortis) Male
Range: SA: Colombia and nw Ecuador
Rio Blanco Ecological Reserve, Manizales, Caldas, Colombia  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Tourmaline Sunangel
Tourmaline Sunangel (Heliangelus exortis) Female
Range: SA: Colombia and nw Ecuador
Chicaque Natural Park, Colombia
  The female is much less common than the male.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Orange-throated Sunangel
Orange-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus mavors)
Range: SA: Colombia and Venezuela
La Azulita, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


Flame-throated Sunangel
Flame-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus micraster micraster) Male
Range: SA: Ecuador and Peru
south, Ecuador
  Also called the Little Sunangel.
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Royal Sunangel
Royal Sunangel (Heliangelus regalis) Male Near Threatened
Range: SA: n Peru
Abra Patricia, Peru  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.

Royal Sunangel
Royal Sunangel (Heliangelus regalis) Female Near Threatened
Range: SA: n Peru
Abra Patricia, Peru  
   
Photograph by Peter Hawrylyshyn   © All Rights Reserved.


Merida Sunangel
Merida Sunangel (Heliangelus spencei) Male
Range: SA: Mérida (nw Venezuela)
Mérida, Venezuela  
   
Photograph by Margareta Wieser   © All Rights Reserved.


Gorgeted Sunangel
Gorgeted Sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus) Female
Range: SA: sw Colombia and nw Ecuador
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


Purple-throated Sunangel
Purple-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus viola) Male
Range: SA: Ecuador and Peru
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info



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