Royal Sunangel

Heliangelus regalis Fitzpatrick, Willard & Terborgh, 1979

Spanish: Colibrí Real

The Royal Sunangel (Heliangelus regalis) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 3.6 g and its bill is 18.4 mm long. It lives in Peru and Ecuador. Its IUCN Red List status is Near threatened, with a decreasing population.

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At a glance

Weight

3.6 g, about 4 paperclips

Bill

18.4 mm

Lives in

Forest

Moves

Stays put all year

Red List status

Near threatened, 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

• Peru
• Ecuador

Others in the genus Heliangelus

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

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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