Sunangel Explained

The sunangels are a genus of hummingbirds, Heliangelus, found in montane South America. The genus contains the following nine species:^[1]

• 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.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . July 2020 . Hummingbirds . IOC World Bird List Version 10.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 2 January 2020 .
2. 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 . 10.11646/zootaxa.4442.3.11.