Royal Sunangel
Common name: Royal Sunangel
Scientific name: Heliangelus regalis
Clades: Lesbiini - Coquettes
The Royal Sunangel is 10 to 12 cm (3.9 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 3.4 to 4.5 g (0.12 to 0.16 oz).
Royal Sunangel hummingbirds have striking plumages. Its males are completely deep blue with long, deeply forked tails. Contrary to males, females have dark green upperparts with green-spotted cinnamon underparts and a shallow-forked tail. A subtropical elfin forest edge and shrubbery habitat are suitable for this species, and it is part insectivorous like many hummingbirds. The Cordillera de Azul in northern Peru has been home to a new subspecies of the Royal Sunangel, characterized by its reflective indigo-colored forehead, throat, and breast.
2 subspecies:
H. r. regalis
Distribution extreme S Ecuador and N Peru (Cajamarca, Amazonas) on isolated Cordillera del Cóndor and E slope of Andes (San Martín, Loreto).H. r johnsoni
Distribution Andes of N Peru (Cordillera Azul).
