Hummingbirds

Purple-throated Sunangel

Heliangelus viola

The Purple-throated Sunangel (Heliangelus viola) is a 5.4 g forest bird that eats mostly nectar. It stays put all year.

Family

Hummingbirds

Order

Apodiformes

Weight

5.4 g

Habitat

Forest

Diet

Fruit and nectar

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

2

Recorded in Ecuador, Peru.

Photo: (c) Tristan Jobin, some rights reserved (CC BY) via iNaturalist