Birds of Ecuador

    APODIFORMES: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)  
Genus: Heliangelus (6 species, 9 worldwide)


Amethyst-throated Sunangel
Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis amethysticollis) Male
Wayqecha, Peru
  Small but not tiny.
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.

Amethyst-throated Sunangel
Amethyst-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis amethysticollis) Female
Wayqecha, Peru
  Female has 'throat rusty with some black flecks' (HBW)
   
Photograph by Tom Friedel   © All Rights Reserved.


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

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


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


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

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


Gorgeted Sunangel
Gorgeted Sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus) Female
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Francesco Veronesi     Copyright and usage info


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



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