Sunangel
Appearance
Sunangel | |
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Heliangelus mavors | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Clade: | Strisores |
Order: | Apodiformes |
Family: | Trochilidae |
Tribe: | Lesbiini |
Genus: | Heliangelus Gould, 1848 |
The sunangels are a genus of hummingbirds, Heliangelus, found in montane South America. It contains the following species:
- Amethyst-throated sunangel (Heliangelus amethysticollis)
- Longuemare's sunangel (Heliangelus clarisse)
- Mérida sunangel (Heliangelus spencei)
- Tourmaline sunangel (Heliangelus exortis)
- Orange-throated sunangel (Heliangelus mavors)
- Flame-throated sunangel (Heliangelus micraster)
- Royal sunangel (Heliangelus regalis)
- Purple-throated sunangel (Heliangelus viola)
- Bogotá sunangel (Heliangelus zusii)
- Gorgeted sunangel (Heliangelus strophianus)