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Amethyst-throated Sunangel

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Includes Longuemare's Sunangel

Sub-adult Male Photo by edenwatcherTapichalaca, Ecuador, March 2006
Sub-adult Male
Photo by edenwatcher
Tapichalaca, Ecuador, March 2006
Heliangelus amethysticollis

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[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

South America. Found in: Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia

[edit] Taxonomy

[edit] Subspecies[1]

  • H. a. violiceps :
  • H. a. spencei:
  • Andes of north-western Venezuela (Mérida)
  • H. a. clarisse:
  • H. a. laticlavius:
  • H. a. decolor:
  • Eastern Andes of central Peru (south of Río Marañón)
  • H. a. amethysticollis:

Three of these subspecies are not recognised by all authors, namely: violiceps, spencei and clarisse[2]

[edit] Habitat

Moist montanes.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] References

  1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
  2. Avibase

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