Gorgeted sunangel
Appearance
Gorgeted sunangel | |
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male in northwestern Ecuador | |
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female in northwestern Ecuador | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
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.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Heliangelus_strophianus.jpg/250px-Heliangelus_strophianus.jpg)
References
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Heliangelus strophianus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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