Sunangel
| Sunangel | |
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| Heliangelus mavors | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 hummingbirds, Heliangelus, found in 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.
- ^ a b Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2020). "Hummingbirds". IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
- ^ 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.
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