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 [1] Longuemare, 1841

The sunangels are a genus of hummingbirds, Heliangelus, found in montane South America. The genus contains the following nine species: ^[2]

• 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. ^{[2] [3]}

References

1. "Trochilidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
2. Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
3. Pérez-Emán, J.L.; Ferreira, J.P.; Gutiérrez-Pinto, N.; Cuervo, A.M.; Céspedes, L.N.; Witt, C.C.; Cadena, C.D. (2018). "An extinct hummingbird species that never was: a cautionary tale about sampling issues in molecular phylogenetics". Zootaxa. 4442 (3): 491–497. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4442.3.11.