Sunangel
| Sunangel | |
|---|---|
| Heliangelus mavors | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Clade: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Tribe: | Lesbiini |
| Genus: | Heliangelus Gould, 1848 |
| Type species | |
| Ornismya clarisse Longuemare, 1841
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The sunangels are a genus of hummingbirds, Heliangelus, found in montane South America. The genus contains the following nine species:
- Orange-throated sunangel, Heliangelus mavors – Colombia and Venezuela
- Amethyst-throated sunangel, Heliangelus amethysticollis – south Ecuador to northwest Bolivia
- Longuemare's sunangel, Heliangelus clarisse – east Colombia and west Venezuela
- Merida sunangel, Heliangelus spencei – Mérida (northwest Venezuela)
- Gorgeted sunangel, Heliangelus strophianus – southwest Colombia and northwest Ecuador
- Tourmaline sunangel, Heliangelus exortis – Colombia and northwest Ecuador
- Flame-throated sunangel, Heliangelus micraster – Ecuador and Peru
- Purple-throated sunangel, Heliangelus viola – Ecuador and Peru
- Royal sunangel, Heliangelus regalis – north Peru
The Bogotá sunangel was formerly placed in this genus. It is regarded as a hybrid specimen by the International Ornithologists' Union based on a study published in 2018 by Jorge Pérez-Emán and colleagues.