Royal sunangel
Heliangelus regalis Fitzpatrick, Willard & Terborgh, 1979
The royal sunangel (Heliangelus regalis) is a species in the family Trochilidae, order Apodiformes. Recorded adults weigh 3.6 g to 3.8 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Near Threatened.
Quick facts about the royal sunangel
- Weight
- 3.6 g – 3.8 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
- Near Threatened (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the royal sunangel live?
Not recorded
What is the royal sunangel?
The royal sunangel (Heliangelus regalis) is an endangered species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru.
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What does the royal sunangel sound like?
Is the royal sunangel endangered?
The royal sunangel is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List: it is close to qualifying as threatened.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Near Threatened species. What the categories mean.
How is the royal sunangel classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderApodiformes
- familyTrochilidae
- genusHeliangelus
- SpeciesHeliangelus regalis Fitzpatrick, Willard & Terborgh, 1979
Other names and names in other languages (34)
- ملاك الشمس الملكيArabic
- colibrí àngel blauCatalan
- kolibřík královskýCzech
- haulangel brenhinolWelsh
- KongesolalfDanish
- BlausonnennympheGerman
- Blaue SonnennympheGerman
- Königs-SonnennympheGerman
- KönigssonnennympheGerman
- reĝa kolibroEsperanto
- Colibrí realSpanish
- Ángel-del-Sol RealSpanish
- perunenkelikolibriFinnish
- Héliange royalFrench
- Héliange RoyaleFrench
- modri kolibrićCroatian
- királyi napfénykolibriHungarian
- Eliangelo realeItalian
- ロイヤルテンシハチドリJapanese
- karališkoji nimfaLithuanian
- Peruaanse ZonnekolibrieDutch
- kongesolengelNorwegian
- lordzik królewskiPolish
- colibri-realPortuguese
- helianjo-azulPortuguese
- Королевский фебRussian
- Королевская нимфаRussian
- nymfárik kráľovskýSlovak
- Kraljevski sunčev anđeoSerbian
- kungssolängelSwedish
- Kral GünmeleğiTurkish
- колібрі-німфа перуанськийUkrainian
- 皇领蜂鸟Chinese
- 皇家領蜂鳥Chinese
Relatives of the royal sunangel
Other species in the same genus Heliangelus.
Orange-throated sunangel
Heliangelus mavors
Flame-throated sunangel
Heliangelus micraster
Amethyst-throated sunangel
Heliangelus amethysticollis
Tourmaline sunangel
Heliangelus exortis
Gorgeted sunangel
Heliangelus strophianus
Purple-throated sunangel
Heliangelus viola
CompareRoyal sunangel vs Orange-throated sunangelRoyal sunangel vs Flame-throated sunangelRoyal sunangel vs Amethyst-throated sunangelRoyal sunangel vs Tourmaline sunangel
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the royal sunangel?
An adult royal sunangel weighs 3.6 g – 3.8 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the royal sunangel endangered?
The royal sunangel is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is close to qualifying as threatened.
What kind of animal is the royal sunangel?
The royal sunangel (Heliangelus regalis) belongs to the family Trochilidae in the order Apodiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
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Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
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