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Gorgeted Sunangel
Heliangelus strophianus (Gould, 1846)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Gorgeted Sunangel, Heliangelus strophianus, is a hummingbird of south-west Colombia and north-west Ecuador, where it occurs in humid to wet premontane forest and along its shrubby edges and thickets. It is most often associated with damp ravines within woodland. The species is monotypic. It is a small bird with a short, straight, dark bill and only slight differences between the sexes. Both sexes show dark velvety green upperparts, a small white spot behind the eye, and a dark steel-blue tail. The male has a glittering green frontlet and a rose to violet gorget with a white band below.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: sw Colombia and nw Ecuador
