Heliangelus viola
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In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
The purple-throated sunangel (Heliangelus viola) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. The International Ornithological Committee (IOC), BirdLife International's Handbook of the Birds of the World (HBW), and the South American Classification Committee of the American Ornithological Society (AOS) treat the purple-throated sunangel as monotypic.
The purple-throated sunangel is 11 to 12 cm (4.3 to 4.7 in) long and weighs 5.1 to 6.6 g (0.18 to 0.23 oz). It has a short, straight, blackish bill. Both sexes have shining green upperparts and green bellies. Their central tail feathers are shining green and the others blackish. Adult males have a glittering blue-green frontlet just above the bill and a deep violet iridescent gorget with a blue-green pectoral bar below it. Adult females lack the blue-green frontlet and iridescent gorget. Their throat is tawny to off-white with bronzy green speckles. Juveniles are similar to the adult female. The differences... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podocarpus National Park | 🇪🇨 Ecuador |
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Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Sunangel sighting in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, based on 70 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data from 2019 to 2026. It is the 192nd most-seen of the 446 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
June and November–January
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Purple-throated Sunangel in Podocarpus National Park on a given day, against under 5% in February–May and July–October, the lowest months.
Between 8 and 11 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Purple-throated Sunangel sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Only Podocarpus National Park, in our data
Podocarpus National Park is the only park on Wallace's Line with enough records to rate Purple-throated Sunangel sightings: under 5% of wildlife watchers there report one on a given day.
Same genus: Heliangelus
The closest relatives of the Purple-throated Sunangel that you can see in Podocarpus National Park (genus Heliangelus, Sunangels) are Amethyst-throated Sunangel (about 40%) and Little Sunangel (about 40%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Purple-throated Sunangel is recorded against all the birds logged in Podocarpus National Park (70 verified sightings from 2019 to 2026), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
