Tourmaline Sunangel
Heliangelus exortis(Fraser, L, 1840)
English (US) Tourmaline Sunangel
The Tourmaline Sunangel (Heliangelus exortis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Trochilidae (Hummingbirds) in the order Apodiformes.
Range: Andes of Colombia and east slope of Andes of northwestern EcuadorRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Heliangelus exortis
- Order
- Apodiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Tourmaline Sunangel
- Described by
- (Fraser, L, 1840)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Trochilus exortis
- Described by
- (Fraser, L, 1840)
- Type locality
- Guaduas, Colombia.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.8, no.86 p.14
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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