Sunangel
| Sunangel | |
|---|---|
| Heliangelus mavors | |
| 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 Longuemare, 1841 | |
The sunangels are a genus of hummingbirds, Heliangelus, found in montane South America. The genus contains the following nine species:
- 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.