Hummingbirds (Trochilidae)
Little Sunangel (Heliangelus micraster) - HBW 5, p. 637
French: Héliange menu
German: Goldkehl-Sonnennymphe
Spanish: Colibrí Lucero
Other common names: Gould’s Sunangel
Taxonomy: Heliangelus micraster Gould, 1872, San Lucas, Ecuador.
Closely related to H. exortis and often regarded as conspecific. Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- micraster Gould, 1872 - E Andean slope of SE Ecuador and adjacent N Peru.
- cutervensis Simon, 1921 - NW Peru (Cajamarca).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A close-up of a bird showing the iridescent gorget Locality Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp micraster)
Richard Garrigues 9 January 2008 4 years ago 9 sec 4.2 -
front view of perched male in natural habitat Locality Cajanuma, Podocarpus National Park, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp micraster)
Martin Kennewell 7 April 2011 1 year ago 16 sec 3
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Adult male, seen front-on, perched on a twig inside a bush.
Locality Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador (ssp micraster )
Pia Öberg 7 February 2007 38 weeks ago 4 -
Flame-throated (Little) Sunangel displaying gorget
Locality Tapichalaca Reserve, Zamora-Chinchipe Province, Ecuador
Ron Flemal 3 years ago 3
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