Orange-throated Sunangel

Heliangelus mavors Gould, 1848

Spanish: Colibrí de Marte

The Orange-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus mavors) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 4.2 g and its bill is 18.2 mm long. It lives in Venezuela and Colombia. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

4.2 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

18.2 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Least concern, decreasing

Its place in the family

1. Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
2. Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
3. Tribe Lesbiini coquettes
4. Genus Heliangelus sunangels

What Heliangelus share: Most males have a glittering throat patch (gorget).

Where it lives · 2 countries

• Venezuela
• Colombia

Others in the genus Heliangelus

• Longuemare's Sunangel Heliangelus clarisse
• Merida Sunangel Heliangelus spencei
• Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis
• Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophianus
• Tourmaline Sunangel Heliangelus exortis
• Little Sunangel Heliangelus micraster
• Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola
• Royal Sunangel Heliangelus regalis

Sources

Names: eBird/Clements Checklist (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). Groups: Dickinson & Remsen (2013) and McGuire et al. (2014). Weight, bill, habitat and movement: AVONET (Tobias et al. 2022, CC BY 4.0). Countries: BirdLife International DataZone, checked against eBird records via GBIF. Red List status and trend: BirdLife International, the IUCN Red List authority for birds.

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