Sunangel
Sunangel | |
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Heliangelus mavors
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Lesbiini |
Genus: | Heliangelus Gould, 1848 |
Type species | |
Ornismya clarisse[1] Longuemare, 1841
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The sunangels are a genus of
montane South America. The genus contains the following nine species:[2]
- Orange-throated sunangel (Heliangelus mavors)
- Amethyst-throated sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis)
- Longuemare's sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
- Mérida sunangel (Heliangelus spencei)
- Gorgeted sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus)
- Tourmaline sunangel (Heliangelus exortis)
- Flame-throated sunangel (Heliangelus micraster)
- Purple-throated sunangel (Heliangelus viola)
- Royal sunangel (Heliangelus regalis)
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.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
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