Tourmaline Sunangel
Heliangelus exortis (Fraser, 1840)
Spanish: Colibrí Turmalina
The Tourmaline Sunangel (Heliangelus exortis) is a hummingbird in the subfamily Lesbiinae (coquettes and brilliants), tribe Lesbiini (coquettes). It weighs about 4.6 g and its bill is 19.8 mm long. It lives in Colombia and Ecuador. Its IUCN Red List status is Least concern, with a decreasing population.
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At a glance
- Weight
- 4.6 g, about 5 paperclips
- Bill
- 19.8 mm
- Lives in
- Forest
- Moves
- Stays put all year
- Red List status
- Least concern, decreasing
Its place in the family
- Family Trochilidae hummingbirds
- Subfamily Lesbiinae coquettes and brilliants
- Tribe Lesbiini coquettes
- Genus Heliangelus sunangels
What Heliangelus share: Most males have a glittering throat patch (gorget).
Where it lives · 2 countries
Others in the genus Heliangelus
- Gorgeted Sunangel Heliangelus strophianus
- Little Sunangel Heliangelus micraster
- Amethyst-throated Sunangel Heliangelus amethysticollis
- Purple-throated Sunangel Heliangelus viola
- Merida Sunangel Heliangelus spencei
- Royal Sunangel Heliangelus regalis
- 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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