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Merida Sunangel
Heliangelus spencei (Bourcier, 1847)
Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
Merida Sunangel, Heliangelus spencei, is a hummingbird of the Trochilidae family that breeds in north-west Venezuela, in the Mérida region of South America. It is confined to the Andes of Mérida state and is found in open country, including shrubby forest margins, gaps inside woodland and brushy pasture. The species is sedentary. It has a straight black bill, and the adult male shows a pale blue frontlet, a dark green crown and glossy green upperparts, with a purple throat and upper breast, a white band below and yellowish underparts marked with green spots.
- Order
- Apodiformes
- Family
- Trochilidae — Hummingbirds
- Breeding range
- South America: Mérida (nw Venezuela)
