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Gorgeted sunangel

Heliangelus strophianus (Gould, 1846)

LCLeast Concernbirds

The gorgeted sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 5.48 g to 5.5 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.

Gorgeted sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus)
Photo: John Gould . · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Quick facts about the gorgeted sunangel

Weight
5.5 gsrc for Weight
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivoresrc for Diet
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
forestsrc for Habitat
Young per litter or clutch
2src for Young per litter or clutch
Lifestyle
Aerialsrc for Lifestyle
Migration
Sedentarysrc for Migration
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
Countries on record
Not recorded

Photos of the gorgeted sunangel

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Gorgeted sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus)
Joseph C Boone · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Gorgeted sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus)
Joseph C Boone · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where does the gorgeted sunangel live?

Not recorded

What is the gorgeted sunangel?

Quoted from WikipediaCC BY-SA 4.0

The gorgeted sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador.

From the Wikipedia article “Gorgeted sunangel” (en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gorgeted_sunangel&oldid=1379734050), by Wikipedia contributors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0). This block is kept separate from our own text.

Is the gorgeted sunangel endangered?

The gorgeted sunangel is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

  1. LCLeast Concern
  2. NTNear Threatened
  3. VUVulnerable
  4. ENEndangered
  5. CRCritically Endangered
  6. EWExtinct in the Wild
  7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

How is the gorgeted sunangel classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classAves
  4. orderApodiformes
  5. familyTrochilidae
  6. genusHeliangelus
  7. SpeciesHeliangelus strophianus (Gould, 1846)

Synonyms Heliangelus violicollis, Trochilus strophianus

Other names and names in other languages (30)
  • ملاك الشمس ذو درع الحنجرةArabic
  • colibrí àngel cuablauCatalan
  • kolibřík bělolímcovýCzech
  • haulangel bronfollWelsh
  • KravesolalfDanish
  • Weißband-SonnennympheGerman
  • Kragen-SonnennympheGerman
  • blankakoluma kolibroEsperanto
  • Colibrí pectoralSpanish
  • ecuadorinenkelikolibriFinnish
  • Héliange à queue bleueFrench
  • ekvadorska smaragdnicaCroatian
  • Eliangelo dalla gorgieraItalian
  • ビロードテンシハチドリJapanese
  • pilkapilvė nimfaLithuanian
  • blåhalesolengelNorwegian Bokmål
  • Gekraagde ZonnekolibrieDutch
  • blåstjertsolengelNorwegian
  • lordzik ekwadorskiPolish
  • colibri-peitoralPortuguese
  • helianjo-de-cauda-azulPortuguese
  • Ошейниковый фебRussian
  • Серобрюхая нимфаRussian
  • nymfárik kolohrivýSlovak
  • Sunčev anđeo sa kragnomSerbian
  • kragsolängelSwedish
  • Kolyeli GünmeleğiTurkish
  • колібрі-німфа еквадорськийUkrainian
  • 領蜂鳥Chinese
  • 领蜂鸟Chinese

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

Relatives of the gorgeted sunangel

Other species in the same genus Heliangelus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the gorgeted sunangel?

An adult gorgeted sunangel weighs 5.5 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

Is the gorgeted sunangel endangered?

The gorgeted sunangel is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.

What kind of animal is the gorgeted sunangel?

The gorgeted sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Gorgeted sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/gorgeted-sunangel

MLA

“Gorgeted sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/gorgeted-sunangel.

BibTeX
@misc{gorgeted_sunangel_2026,
  title = {Gorgeted sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/gorgeted-sunangel},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}