Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Gorgeted Sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus) - HBW 5, p. 636
French: Héliange à queue bleue
German: Weißband-Sonnennymphe
Spanish: Colibrí Pectoral
Taxonomy: Trochilus (——?) strophianus Gould, 1846, Ecuador.
Shares several characters with H. clarisse and H. amethysticollis, and may belong to same superspecies. “H. violicollis”, known only from two skins of unknown origin, usually considered an aberrant form of present species, though this may not be the case. Other forms known mainly or exclusively from Bogotá trade skins include “H. squamigularis”, “H. barrali” (from Antioquia), “H. speciosus”, “H. simoni”, “H. rothschildi”, “H. prosantis” and “H. luminosus”; validity and possible affinit.. View all taxonomy...
Shares several characters with H. clarisse and H. amethysticollis, and may belong to same superspecies. “H. violicollis”, known only from two skins of unknown origin, usually considered an aberrant form of present species, though this may not be the case. Other forms known mainly or exclusively from Bogotá trade skins include “H. squamigularis”, “H. barrali” (from Antioquia), “H. speciosus”, “H. simoni”, “H. rothschildi”, “H. prosantis” and “H. luminosus”; validity and possible affinities of these forms unknown. Monotypic.
Distribution: SW Colombia (Nariño) and NW Ecuador.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird drinking at a feeder. Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Robert Schaefer 2 November 2008 3 years ago 13 sec 5 -
A male at a feeder Locality Bellavista Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 1 February 2005 7 years ago 14 sec 4.8 -
Adult male, seen from the front, perched on a twig then flying away Locality Las Grallarias Reserve, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Pia Öberg 6 February 2011 42 weeks ago 13 sec 4.3 -
A frontal view of a male repeatedly perched and flying away Locality Tandayapa Lodge, Tandayapa Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Keith Blomerley 12 November 2009 2 years ago 12 sec 3.7
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perched
Locality Mindo Valley, Pichincha Province, Ecuador (Monotypic species)
Dusan Brinkhuizen 22 October 2009 2 years ago 4
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