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
- No sound recordings available yet
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