Gorgeted sunangel
| Gorgeted sunangel | |
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| male in northwestern Ecuador | |
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| female in northwestern Ecuador | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | Heliangelus |
| Species: | H. strophianus
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| Binomial name | |
| Heliangelus strophianus (Gould, 1846)
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The gorgeted sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus) is a species of hummingbird found on the west slope of Ecuador and extreme southwestern Colombia.
Description[]
This hummingbird is sexually dimorphic, but only slightly. Both sexes are shining green above with a small white postocular spot and a blue-black tail. Their lower underparts are also shining green bordered above by a white pectoral collar. The male has a reddish pink throat that extends from the white collar to almost the base of the bill. The female has a black chin with white stripes and a smaller reddish pink throat patch.
Painting by John Gould
References[]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Heliangelus strophianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22687890A93173511. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22687890A93173511.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
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- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Heliangelus
- Birds of the Ecuadorian Andes
- Birds described in 1846
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