Longuemare's Sunangel

Common name: Longuemare's Sunangel
Scientific name: Heliangelus clarisse
Clades: Lesbiini - Coquettes

The Longuemare's Sunangel is about 10 cm (3.9 in) long and weighs 3.8 to 7.7 g (0.13 to 0.27 oz).

Longuemare's Sunangel has a blackish bill with a straight tail that is shallowly forked. The sexes are similar. Its males have a dusky crown and a shining bronze-green cover above. A narrow blue-green frontlet and a glittering rosy gorget are visible in the correct light, bordered by a white pectoral band below. There are dusky buff spots on the rest of the underparts. Generally, females are less spotted below and have a dull brown throat.

2 subspecies:

  1. H. c. violiceps
    Distribution Sierra de Perijá, along Colombia–Venezuela border.

  2. H. c. clarisse
    Distribution Eastern Andes of Colombia and adjacent western Venezuela

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